At the moment (Thursday evening) we continue to sit in The Woods RV Park and Campground which is located just to the South of Montgomery, AL. We will most likely be heading South again on Friday, August 31. We've (locally) not seen a whole lot of evidence of Isaac, although we did experience some rain last night and there's a pretty stiff breeze and many clouds in the area today and we've been under a tornado watch for most of the day. I'm sure most of you have seen some of the devistation wrought by the storm in LA and the coastal areas of MS and AL. While it certainly could have been much worse, we have been saddened by much of what we've seen, especially areas of Alabama and Mississippi that we have visited many times in recent years. Also involved is our destination for just over a week from now. Only time will tell if we'll be able to spend two weeks at Fort Pickens, FL.
This shot of Isaac is as of 6pm CDT on Tuesday. As you can see by the text on the radar shot, we are now located just to the South of Montgomery, AL. We expect to be safe in this location, but still expect some rain and wind as of sometime on Wednesday. You can also see by the radar that in areas of NW Florida (the Panhandle), were we were as of Monday morning, there are some bands of nasty weather crossing the area and there is currently a Tornado Watch in effect until at least 7am Wednesday. As you know, the SE of Louisiana is now the center of the storm, but there is also very severe weather in other areas, where we've spent a lot of time in recent years, along the coast of Mississippi and Alabama.
If you've not been paying attention to the approach of now Tropical Storm Isaac, as shown in the above graphic, it seems to be heading right for our current location in Holt, FL. Yellow dots on the map indicate Cat 1 and Orange is Cat 2. Obviously it would not be in our best interest to stay here for too much longer and we will be heading for points North to a position where the storm should be back down to a TS or Tropical Depression at the time we meet up with each other. This is just to let those of you who are used to hearing from us on a regular basis that we may be out of touch for some days in the coming week, but we will be careful to stay away from the worst of the storm.
Today (Tuesday, August 14, 2012) marks one week since we arrived in Florida for a one month visit with friends Dick and Judie. Since our arrival, with the exception of perhaps one day, we've experienced thunderstorms every day, sometimes more than once a day. As I write this, there is another storm rolling along Florida 4, just to the North of us and another larger system is bearing down on us from the Mobile, AL area. We appreciate these storms in one respect, some temporary relief from the heat which has been constantly in the 90's since our arrival. What we do not enjoy so much is the rain. It does not just rain, it RAINS inches at a shot and everything here in the park becomes flooded, with inches of water rushing down the roads and over our site, etc. It does all recede pretty quickly when the storm ends and we soon return to some very steamy heat.
Just before leaving PA, Deb had a chance to tool around on Bill's Ford tractor (she'd been bugging him to let her do that for years) and I'm including some photos of her experience. I've also included a few shots of Cumberland Gap as we passed through on our way South.
