Part of the issue with storms like this (yup, up on my soapbox again) is that when they downgrade them from a HOLY CRAP CAT 5 coming ashore to a OH WELL IT'S JUST A ONE is that people let their guard down and relax.
From time to time we all do it: figure that if the weather guys get paid for being wrong (or at least incorrect) half the time, then the chances of them being right drop to 50%. Forgetting that it still means they have a 50% chance of being right....not wrong.
For days and days we saw her coming - in living color from weather maps, in news clips from the states that were going to be impacted, even in e mails from friends and family telling how they were preparing (or not) for the event.
But how many of us really took in the potential of this storm?
We focused on the coast and the brightest colors...and by "we" I mean most everyone. How many of us really looked at the spread of this sucker? And right now even inland far from landfall, things are pretty much under water four days after she "arrived" with the water either still rising or just barely starting to recede.
My point with this short post is that while Florence may only bring us rain in New England this time, our next storm may be a direct hit on us and even if it's "only" rain (and not snow) we need to pay attention and be ready to weather it (pun intended).
So look ahead and see if you have what it's going to take to get through our storms this winter. You know they're coming, right?
So by "that guy" who can relax while watching the weather channel cause he's already.....ready!
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