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With each update, the hurricane is moving farther away.

Now that I can stop having nightmares about an Andrew-like hurricane, I can focus on my Ireland trip, which I have not done since before Charley!

Since it’s been so long, it’s like panic-time: all of a sudden we depart in a few DAYS! Stuff I was going to order online won’t get ordered, stuff I have to pack I have to FIND in this clutter-museum of a house; luggage tags, passport holders, etc.

When I leave for the trip, this and all my other blogs will go on hold and while I’m away I’ll update only one blog; a travel-blog I set up just for this trip. The URL is:

http://followmethere.blogspot.com/

This way I can update only one blog while I’m gone, I can share the trip w/ friends and family, and create a souvenir. I was TOLD we have internet in the room, but if that’s not the case, I don’t know how I’ll update the blog. But I have the best intentions.

I like this track MUCH better. Seems it’s not going to be as much of a threat. Anything can happen, but the odds look better than before.

http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200409_model.html

Ivan seems to be heading straight for us and it was a category 5, now a strong 4, and is predicted to strengthen again. I’m really freaking out, this is like a Hurricane Andrew. I’m really really freaking out.

Like before, as long as I can, I’ll try to update this blog and/or my moblog (depending on whether I have internet or cell phone service) as the storm comes and goes.

Local news links:

radars:
http://admin.winktv.com/public/x411.xml

cbs local news:
http://www.winktv.com/

nbc local news:
http://www.nbc-2.com/

local news paper:
http://www.news-press.com

I don’t like this:

“Ivan strengthens into category 3 storm” … and the cone of probability shown on that page, and the local news today, shows us right smack in the middle of the as of day 5. Now, the “cone of probability” gets wider the farther into the future you project, so it COULD go up the east coast or over toward Texas, but I don’t like that we’re right in the middle.

AND get this: on the local news today they said that SEPT. 22ND is the “peak” of hurricane season and that’s right when we’ll be travelling back from Ireland!

=:(