In the path of Dorian

By Penny4athought

Mon, 02 Sep 2019
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Will the winds howl and destroy

Or blow farther out to sea?

Devastation haunts in dreams

And waking brings no relief

The weather on now

24/7

The news is not encouraging

Should I have bought more water?

Do I have enough canned food?

Why didn’t I buy that generator last year?

Too late to worry now

Eminent power outage expected

And 90 degree heat will follow they say

Are there solar air conditioners?

Why don’t I know?

Why did they call it Dorian?

Even I know that sounds ominous

Why do they give Huricanes such strong names?

Why don’t they give them wimpy names?

So they can live down to those

That red symbol is barely moving

Slow and tormenting

1 mile an hour  

Why did we move to Florida?

Pointless question

Eyes glued to the screen

That red dot looks small

Almost benign

Not so scary

Until the Doppler pops up

Shows its true size

Cat 5 with winds over 157 mph

Am I in an evacuation zone?

What zone are we in?

It’s not posted on the street sign

Why don’t they post it on the street sign?

You’d think it would be a need to know…

Okay, I’ll look it up

Not a flood zone but

There is a river that runs near here

Should we worry?

Perhaps we should

If the hurricane moves closer

But there are hours to go

Before we’ll know

Hours to worry,

Hours to fear

I hate when hurricane season is here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Oh dear - I hope you'll be ok. Take care, and do let us know

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

I'm trying to not watch the weather updates that are on all day now but of course its hard to ignore. I believe it should stay off shore and not be as devastating here but until it turns north there's no way to truly tell. I do hope those on the Bahamas are shelter in place and safe but its moving so slowly its a concern. 

I'll definetly post a happy face once it passes us.

Penny4athought

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Have been listening about it on the news, it sounds so frightening, your poem makes clear how terrible the waiting is, too. I hope you are OK

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Thank you Di. I am hoping it will stay out in the ocean and not make a landfall.

Penny4athought

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Penny,

I'm so sorry to hear of this news of yours. I stayed in Florida for four weeks around the St Pete's area and know what their storms can be like...but can't imagine how scary it must be to have 157 mph winds and more coming. I really hope it doesn't get that bad and that you and your family will be okay.

I actually thought you lived in New York for some reason. 

You take care and keep safe.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

HI Jenny,

You're not wrong, I am a native New Yorker, born and raised there but several years ago we moved to Florida. I still go back often and visit, we have lots of friends and family there but our home now is in Florida. It has its pluses, no ice or snow but hurricanes are a trade off I'm not sure I like. 

Thanks for your concern, we are prepared as much as we can be and now just waiting for it to start moving again. Dont know yet where it will actually track along the Florida coastline.

Penny4athought