Look what's heading our way

[malaise]

A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES SOUTH
OF JAMAICA IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE CONDUCIVE FOR
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THIS
SYSTEM HAS A HIGH CHANCE...80 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL
CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY TO THE
WEST-SOUTHWEST AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY WELL TO THE SOUTH OF
JAMAICA. HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS DISTURBANCE ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD
OVER JAMAICA...HISPANIOLA...AND EASTERN CUBA DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HIGH TERRAIN. AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON...IF NECESSARY.

[MADem]

1. Hello please!!!!!! Batten down the hatches!!!! nt

[malaise]

3. We're as ready as we can be

Guess most of the week will be wasted as people stay home.

[MADem]

5. Have a nice long party, then! nt

[malaise]

7. No party at all but

New England better watch this for next week

[MADem]

14. I think you might be right! nt

[malaise]

15. Almost stationary

Should be Sandy tonight and should give us a direct hit Tuesday night into Wednesday.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

2. Yikes!

[aquart]

4. Oh, joy.

And three seconds after power is restored we'll hear from you, right?

[malaise]

6. Bwaaaaaah hahahahah

We don't expect to lose power but we are anticipating lots of water.

[Scuba]

8. Don't worry, about a thing. 'Cause every little thing's ... gonna be alright ...

[malaise]

10. Listening out for those three little birds

I noticed that the stray cats moved the kittens to our patio overnight. Birds and animals usually have a feel for nature way ahead of most of the rest of us.

Yep this too will pass - some inconvenience and lots of potholes. The real worry here is that we have had lots of rain and the gullies across the city have been undermined.

Don't rule out retaining walls and houses heading up the Sandy Gully - how ironic that the storm will be named Sandy.

[Scuba]

12. Stay safe malaise. We need you here at DU.

[malaise]

13. We're the lucky ones - mere inconvenience and slight dislocation

Lots of poor folks will lose everything including their lives.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Just what Haiti needs ...

... on top of everything else (poverty, homelessness, cholera, etc) hitting that place.

[malaise]

11. And I read that Hillary Clinton is supposed to be there today

Haiti does not need this.