Bye Hurricane

Hey y'all, so a hurricane just went by Florida - that was interesting! We had been tracking the storm, had been prepared days in advance, and planned to stay in our apartment for 36 hours, though we ended up just getting showers and a blustery night. In short, they were expecting the eye of the storm to make contact with land around Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral, but the storm kept wobbling east, so it only ever paralleled land. There's still lots of damage to the coast, but this kept from things getting rough further inland.

For the 3rd and 4th time ever, Walt Disney World closed! They never do that - proof to a lot of college program participants just how powerful this storm was expected to be! I was glad to not have to go into work on Thursday.

Though we weren't directly affected by the hurricane's wind, the preparation beforehand was interesting. It was pretty weird to see Walmart with empty shelves where water, radios, and flashlights once were, and the checkout lines were something like the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving. Definitely quite a learning experience in terms of emergency preparedness; we're feeling very blessed and ready to get back to a regular work schedule!

Fun fact: "wobble" is an official meteorologist term

left: first of two trips to walmart   right: check out lines at walmart on tuesday

these storms consistently produce some beautiful colors in the sky 

top: pre-storm view from our balcony
bottom: the only debris we got 

that was real fun to see coming. we only experienced what's in the green; the yellow stayed away from us (don't mind my scientific meteorologist terms)

the essentials were prepped

 we had a slumber party with the news (i'm realizing that i've been watching the same channel for 24 hours and i still don't know any of the newscasters' names - how sad)