Sat 15 Aug 2009
No, Ana and Bill are not some crazy members of our families or friends from Canada. Ana and Bill, the first named storms of the year have formed, sort of in tandem. Both are Tropical storms right now and could become hurricanes.
Early forecasts put both systems north of Grand Cayman, but that can change in a hurry!
Below is their current position. This is definitely the first time I have seen two storms following each other like this.
Since I had been procrastinating with the hurricane supplies, last night I did some shopping ; some canned goods, pretzels, water bottles & the likes. Got some beer too! 🙂 Also filled up the car with gas. If any of the two systems gets closer to us, then the gas stations will be clogged with people trying to get gas. For regular readers of this blog … no Vienna sausages this time around 😉
If there are any significant developments in the next few days I’ll be posting here.
Micho,
No Vienna sausages they were the highlight of last hurricane season! At least you bought beer! On a serious note, let’s hope these two storms stay away from both you and I! I am now on the coast of South Carolina so I certainly don’t want them here. I too have put off getting hurricane supplies but I best do it sooner than later when they are all gone.
Stay safe my friend.
Nick
Salut,
Something weird on Ana’s Tropical Storm force wind forcast from National Hurricane center :
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/204112.shtml?tswind120#contents
They don’t know where the storm will be tomorrow, but they are 90% sure it will hit the far west of Florida’s coast.
Yves
I’m hoping that for the last couple months of the season stay as quiet as the first, and that none of these comes close to you guys. But – like Nick said, at least you’ll have beer! Stay safe 🙂