#ts debbie

TS Debbie will barely be a Cat1 if that when it lands, and in Florida we generally call that "rain with a name." There will be some flooding, some property damage, and a bit of inconvenience.

The big worry these days are tornadoes, which have gotten wayyyy more common than they used to be.

But in Tallahassee right now, there is that ambient lull of waiting, waiting, waiting. The corner gas stations are all already out of gas, and low on beer. It's Sunday so Christians are going to church but the rest of us are all battening down the hatches.

I talked with an Andrew survivor the other day, and we commiserated on just how tight our nerves are wound up already. How silly we feel about that, because hell, we get terrible storms a few times a week in these parts. Just yesterday the power went out due to lightning up the road.

"It was just a storm!"

feels like it's going to explode. Tropical Storm Debbie is a real downer on my allergies. Florida needs to pick some weather and stick with it so that my eustachian tubes will quit swelling up and making me feel like sleeping is the only cure to this.