With Hurrican Gustav monopolizing all the headlines this past week, it would be nice to get a break from all this talk about hurricanes and tropical storms, but unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen as 3 more tropical depressions or storms are forming in the Atlantic and could be headed our way as early as this weekend.
Hanna, the first of the 3 storms was initially projected to head out way by Friday, but according to the NWS, it has weaked quite a bit and is now hanging out near the Bahamas. While there is still a chance it could regain strength and begin moving our way, the weather geeks really don’t know how much strength it’s going to gain.
And given all the rain we received last week from Fay, it’s a pretty safe bet we’d all enjoy a bit of a break to allow the ground to dry out just a bit so it can absorb even more.  Yes, we need the moisture, but I think we’d all prefer a bit at a time instead of getting dumped on within justa few hours!
The other 2 possible tropical storms are still in their early stages out in the Atlantic, but Tropical Storms Ike and Josephine both have very good chances of gathering strength and heading towards the Carolinas. Given that we’re in the peak of hurrican season, I’m afraid we’re not out of the woods yet and probably won’t be given the current pace of storms.
Again, while we could definitely use the moisture, I don’t think anybody wants the huge amounts we took last week that caused flooding up in Cabarrus County, just north of Charlotte NC. But I guess we really can’t control it either, so all we’re left with is getting ourselves prepared, and saying our prayers that we don’t have repeate of Hurrican Katrina any time soon!
