My dad is planning on heading down towards Venice/North Port this Jan/Feb and if this 'cane becomes a big one, it may be time to plan to go somewhere else. The GFS is a worst case scenario and puts the entire area of Tampa/Clearwater/Sarasota in the height of the storm surge. Gosh, talk about bad luck! 2 major hits in one season?

The great early fall weather continued yesterday with a H/L of 72/42 there was no rainfall the sun was out 92% of the possible time. For today the average H/L is now down to 65/45 the record high of 87 was set in 2007 the coldest high of 43 was set in 1964 the record low of 28 was set in 1964 and 2003 the warmest low of 68 was set in 2007 the most rainfall of 1.58” fell in 2016.

Euro & EPS keep trending away from a ridge setting up shop. Less blocky, more zonal pattern is the trend.

That’s so sad. Sounds like this was unexpected. It’s likely been an awful blend of disorienting and terrifying. Hoping for good news and peace through all this.

One thing I noticed at a demolition derby a couple years ago here in Canada was the number of families with a lot of kids. Same thing in a church parking lot: the minivan door opens and like a clown car all these kids tumble out—my family included. It’s mainly conservative-oriented folk (religious & secular) that are having multiple kids. It may seem coarse, but I can’t think of another way to put it: perhaps we can outbreed the anti-human ideology and lifestyle of the radical left.