Hurricane Ida

We are all subject to the changes in the weather and nowhere is it more important than to people living in the Caribbean and Gulf region. Southern USA borders that huge water mass known as the Gulf of Mexico and is captive to the huge weather shifts brought on by the world convection currents. The geography of the coastal regions makes all the states bordering on the water particularly venerable to rising tides and wind driving water surges inland. The flat shoreline along a thousand of miles permits the almost yearly floods and massive destruction.

For the past four years, we in Cape Coral have been spared from any real weather issues and we are thankful. It is not uncommon to go through a season without a hurricane but tropical storms are almost a necessity to stabilize the water table. This year we are 20 inches short on our rainfall. Hurricane Ida is charging up the Gulf and will make landfall some time tonight . The gulf states will get many inches of rain on already soaked landscape and will cause flooding. We in Florida could use this storm to help replenish our water table.

All we can expect is maybe a few days of thunder storms and some small rains. Whatever we get will be welcome and for those areas of flooding we only hope that it is minimal and not too destructive. This type of weather is another price we pay for living in paradise.

In our northern regions we have a nice balance of four distinct seasons and the beautiful winters with snow and Ice to provide a paradise of its own. I love the warm climate as it make my arthritis go away or at least make it bearable but I do miss the late fall and winter. As we live in eternal spring and summer it is a holiday to go home and experience the winter for a few weeks at Christmas. Yesterday amid a 86+ weather day I was watching TV and saw the folks skiing on the slopes of western mountains and I was quickly brought back to those activities that Theresa and I made so much a part of our lives in past years.