2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

The part of it around Port St. Joe and Apalachicola is known as The Forgotten Coast.

 

The really bad news: Water. Lots and lots of water.

 

When we lived in Dothan before kids (and before Michael rudely rearranged all the furniture) the former Mrs. Dixiehack and I would sometimes do a cheapo weekend in Mexico Beach, maybe drive over to Cape San Blas. And working for the Marianna paper meant covering occasional road games in places like Port St. Joe or Carrabelle, which was a nice change from the lovebug hellhole of the inland Panhandle. I used to spend a lot of time daydreaming about finding a little shack down there where I could be a capital W Writer during the day before ambling next door at night for fresh seafood and cocktails.

 

The last place I lived in Florida was in Palm Harbor, east of US 19 and just north of Clearwater. It’s about six miles inland, on the highest elevation in Pinellas County (roughly 35 feet). When we evacuated for Irma in 2017 — the only time in the 20 years I lived there that we evacuated — my concern was basically being marooned on that high point, with surge from the gulf on two sides and surge from the bay on the other two.

 

Obviously not close to the most important thing if Ian wrecks Tampa, but next week's Chiefs-Bucs game is in Tampa. Looks like the storm will be well out of Florida by Sunday, but I think Wednesday is normally the drop-dead day to make a decision on whether to move it or reschedule it. If they follow that timeline and this is as bad it could be, they might not have a choice.
Looks like a bunch of college games in Georgia and the Carolinas will deal with bad weather as well.

 

Lots of Myrtle Beach area high schools are moving their Friday night football games to Wednesday in anticipation. We may get significant rain in Virginia on Saturday from this.

 

Yeah, I have a game Saturday right in the path of what will probably be heavy rain. We shouldn't experience any real hurricane weather, but I foresee getting soaked going in and out of the booth.

 

Is it bad that I'm mostly concerned how this will affect a family of cute golden retrievers that lives in the Keys that I started following on social media during the pandemic?

 

That’s the most important preparation for a hurricane, get the HS games in before the rain.