We’ve moved on. An easy day to a favorite place outside Walsenburg, Colorado. A long walk through the pinon juniper foothills. Mild weather. A few birds. A few views.
Update
Judy subscribes online to the Port Aransas Jetty, the weekly newspaper. It spite of what the national forecasters are saying about storm surge and surf down there, the local paper announces that the worst is over and only low-lying areas are flooded.
Hurricane
The impending storm draws surfers to Port Aransas. Today they were off the Horace Caldwell Pier. Hurricane driven swells are pushed to shore. The rising wind improves the shape of the breakers. As some people evacuate to safety, others flock to the opportunity. Tonight, they probably aren’t surfing any more. Tonight’s the night. After a week of watching, the hurricane finally makes landfall. Don’t get to see what it really looks like until daylight tomorrow. The hurricane won’t hit our property at Port Aransas, but it looks like we might get a 20 foot storm surge there, with high waves on top of that. Don’t know that the sand dunes could hold that back. We’re supposed to head back to Gulf Waters in two weeks. We’ll have to wait a couple days to find out if we still have a place to go there.
Hurricane
It’s a zero sum game, this hurricane forecasting. Somebody is going to get hammered, just don’t know who yet. It appears that Port Aransas is no longer the target. The newspeople have all moved up to Galveston Island. We’re still watching from Colorado.
Hurricane
The hurricane continues its march. Ever closer. Maybe the eye will go north of us? http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/