Well, it seems that Isaac won't be coming this way, after all! (This is why we shouldn't waste time and energy worrying, though that's easier said than done.) Looks like Louisiana will have to deal with it, instead, though the local weathermen/women are still holding on to hope ;o) that we'll get something out of it all. Meanwhile, schools as far east as the Florida panhandle have cancelled classes (some as many as Monday through Wednesday)... So enjoy those free days, kids! (You'll be making them up later in the year, though, I guess.)
Ok, I guess it's still possible that we'll see more than a few drops of rain and a breeze, here, but it feels less and less likely as time goes by. Better safe than sorry, etc., but there's caution and then there's a Henny-Penny-level sky-is-falling over-reaction. For some reason, the media has made a bigger deal of this particular storm than it appears likely to merit. There's no denying that a lot of people were hoping Isaac would disrupt the RNC even more than it already has, so it got a lot of coverage from that angle-- and now (despite the fact that it missed Tampa altogether) they've already worked themselves up to such a fevered pitch that they can't just admit that (comparatively speaking) it's not that big of a deal. (Even if it is headed toward New Orleans on the anniversary of Katrina. This is not another Katrina, and even if it were, I fervently hope that people have learned the importance of evacuation from low-lying areas and preparation/self-reliance until things get back to normal. Possibly?)
