Those of you who, like me, teach along the coast know exactly to whom I am referring. Irene is the name of the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. Current models show Irene strengthening into a Category 3 storm before hitting the U.S. later this week.
The Weather Channel - my near constant companion during hurricane season thanks to the free app - currently predicts landfall in the "Carolinas" on Friday night and/or Saturday. Unfortunately, for those of us here in Charleston, the "Carolinas" is a rather large geographic area, which means I may see some clouds on Friday, get a bad rain, or be 100 miles from home because I evacuated.
I wish all of us in the predicted path of Irene the best of luck as we watch this play out over the next several days.
Sheila, please let everyone at CSOL know that we would love to have them in hilly Oxford, if they need to evacuate. We have plenty of room!
Posted by: Richard Gershon | August 23, 2011 at 05:05 PM
Richard,
I sincerely hope we do not need to evacuate, but if we do, I may just keep driving until I reach Oxford! Thanks for the offer!
Posted by: Sheila B. Scheuerman | August 23, 2011 at 05:20 PM