2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

I'm begging for some rain off this thing. The forecast keeps shifting.
I'm tickled that I don't have to mow this week, but my pond - with my fish I like to go catch and release every evening - is dropping by the day because we haven't had rain in weeks.
With my luck, it won't rain at all, but when I head to our place at the beach in a couple of weeks, I'll get a Cat 7 dead center.

 

We've apparently claimed Sally for the day. The rest will have to take a number.

 

That lodge just opened within the past year too. I saw photos from the Flora-Bama with a couple of feet of water in it.

 

Looks like Bermuda is in for it again with Teddy.

 

I'm always amazed that poor little Bermuda, a speck in the Atlantic, gets dumptrucked so frequently.

Seems like they take in the shorts a lot.

 

"With the 19th pick in the 2020 Hurricane Draft, the state of Georgia selects ... Sally, a rainmaker from the Gulf of Mexico."
"I tell ya, Boomer, I like this pick this late in the draft. It's only a tropical storm now, but it's got a lot of upside. It can end a drought, prevent wildfires, it's got a lot of skills. Flooding and a slow 40 time are concerns, but if it can pick up some speed it can be a real beneficial asset."
"Thanks, Mel. Mississippi is now back on the clock. They've traded their last two picks, to Louisiana and Alabama, so let's see what they do now."

 

Outstanding!

We're hoping to trade Sally to North Carolina tomorrow for a tropical depression to be named later. Or options on an Alberta clipper sometime in early 2021.

 

Here in Mississippi, we've had Laura go wide left and Sally go wide right (which drenched Tallahassee, appropriately enough) in the last couple of weeks. We barely got a drop of rain or even a stiff breeze from either one, but would've gotten hammered if either one had been centered 50 miles further east (Laura) or west (Sally).
Seeing that next one forming in the Gulf, I'm hoping Mississippi doesn't make its pick with Hurricane Vinatieri ready to split the uprights.

 

This thing IS big enough for both of us.

No wind, but close to 24 hours of rain.

 

Sally sashayed through Upstate South Carolina most of today. Didn't rain as much as we were expecting, but still got a decent drenching. Clearing up now with only a stiff breeze remaining.

 

They are used to it. Average once every three-four years they get one. Wind damage can be bad, but in an odd way, they welcome the downpours, as they have no real sources of fresh water except rainwater. Look up a picture of their roofs. They're all designed to capture rainwater.