One year ago Hurricane Jeanne crashed into Stuart, Florida causing wind damage, severe flooding, and disruption for miles up and down the adjacent coast that lasted for weeks. One of the UU congregations North of us lost their building, others had serious damage. Our building is four years old, and it stood up the storm, but we lost all our trees. This was the second major hurricane to come ashore in our little city in two weeks Schools reopened in November, many schools systems lost so many class rooms that they are reopened last month on double sessions. Because of the labor shortage repairs to homes took months, the porch of my house was repaired in June. Many of my congregants were getting insurance checks in March to repair serious roof damage. Three congregants homes were totaled, and have subsequently relocated. The shock remains.
So you can understand my "Yes" when I checked the Hurricane maps this morning. No tropical depressions in the Atlantic Basin! Cooler dry air is filtering into Florida. I know the "hurricane season' ends eight weeks from now, but September is the peak. And I keep thinking that Greenland needs some rain.
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