Tropical Storm Ana

It's been a few days that stuff has been churning in the Atlantic basin, though finally this morning I noticed the National Hurricane Center has upgraded an on-again, off-again depression and called it a tropical storm. The yellow blob to the left of the map is an "area of disorganized cloudiness" according to the National Hurricane Center, but from where I'm sitting it looks organized enough and very wet:

Of course this is my weekend off work, in my alternating life style, so we shall be staying indoors, not melting and wondering why it's so dark inside our little house. In fact the little red cross marked "THREE" is much more interesting on the hurricane tracking chart. Checking my link "Hurricane Center" on the left hand side of the page, Low Number 3 shows potential to wreak much more havoc on Florida than does little Tropical Storm Ana at this stage. Even though, if disorganized weather can bring wind, thunder and copious rain, enough to wash the car...

...then a Tropical storm has the capacity to inflict damage. I find people often get too hung up on the diagrams and the projected paths and all the science of hurricane prognostication. Anyway it's all too early to tell, but this is a reminder that this really is hurricane season and even though the Pacific Basin is up to the letter G (Guillermo) we are still only looking at Ana. As my buddy Robert says, this year, so far it's the Pacific Basin's turn to be Nature's kicking boy. Personally I like the respite from watering...

...even though this is the time of year the garden is fallow. Hurricanes or not we are humans and we have made plans, my wife and I and we have five Earth Boxes ready for planting, after Hurricane Season. From her lips to God's ear.