Side Bar

 

So just a quick side bar.  For any that might have heard, our area is under a Tropical Storm Warning.  This means the storm just off the Texas coast is coming our way.  Oh goodie.

 According to John Bacon and Meagan Falcon of USA TODAY, Tropical Storm Beta “becomes the latest in a long line of storms this hurricane season forecast to batter the region and the record books.  Beta already has made history as the 23rd-named tropical storm in the Atlantic, replacing Alpha, nearly 15 years ago. Alpha, which formed on Oct. 22, 2005, was the first-ever storm to be assigned a Greek letter. (that means the namers of storms ran out of letters to use for names – ugh)  Beta, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, was about 140 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, Sunday afternoon. It was expected to make landfall Monday or early Tuesday between Corpus Christi and Galveston.”

 Here in Wharton, we are about 40 miles inland from the coast at Matagorda, which is right between Corpus Christi and Galveston.  Oh goodie again.  We are expecting wind and rain.

 

I spent a couple hours last night moving all my potted plants, yard art, umbrellas, and anything else I thought would be eligible as a projectile, to some place I hope will be secure (tight up against the house on the north side).

 Rain started about 2pm here and probably won’t stop until Tuesday.  Oh goodie, goodie, gumdrops.

 Not to worry though, in the greater of scheme of storms, this is just a baby.  Still, all is well.  The new house is securely tied down.  I told the old house to “hunker down and hold on”.  And, I told all the pecan trees to hold onto their damn branches!

 20 Sep 2020