Long time followers are well aware that I don’t get too animated about storms until they are at least an invest area, and don’t advocate taking precipitous actions too far in advance, certainly not 10 days out. Unless there are special circumstances, like a major surgery other medical or critical event, if you’ve done your pre-season hurricane planning and have some common sense there is generally plenty of time to follow the normal process and not do much until you are in a watch area, because otherwise you’re running from clouds. But there are rare exceptions.
And this is one of them.
Voting has started for the U.S. elections, and while every election is important, this one feels especially momentous. I can’t decide if it’s because of the level of hype and angst, or if it is because it really does represent a significant turning point. I’ve expressed my opinion on the state of politics and the need for some civility in our political discourse (link) in an article I hope people will read and think about (not just react to) no matter which gang colors you fly.
Here’s the problem from a hurricane perspective: The longer range models are showing the potential for a storm to spin up and many recent runs have impacts in the southeast. Normally at this stage I’d be saying ‘meh’ and recommend waiting and see before doing anything. But … this one could arrive right around election day, and that’s a potential nightmare on a lot of levels. Both sides are already planning their post-election lawfare strategy, and this could make the inevitable mess even messier. None of us can do much about that (although those of you who are active in the political process could and should have).
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