Please go away, Tropical Storm Ernesto. Please just dissipate over Jamaica. Please don’t turn into a hurricane, especially not a Category 3. I live right here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast 2 blocks from the beach. We don’t have any money to evacuate. Please don’t hit us. I mean, there’s already nothing left of Waveland and Pass Christian as it is.
Please just disappear.
I got nothing other than hopeful thoughts… Ernesto, there’s no shame in melting away.
I wish Ernesto would do the same, but for fairly selfish reasons. Last year, supervenusfreak and I were all set to go to New Orleans for Convergence (fat gay guy convention) on Labor Day weekend. Well, we all know exactly what little lady paid the Crescent City a visit the week prior.
This year, we’re going to Convergence again, only in Houston this time. I’m really, really, really hoping that there’s no adverse weather that would affect either our flights or our gathering. Of course, I wish those who would be in the hurricane’s path safety, as well…
Yah Mississippienne, my sister just is getting settled back in N.O. and this deja vu thing is creating a lot of anxiety. I also have friends on the Miss. coast biting their nails over this one. Even those of us in the Jackson area are nervous for a repeat. If you can wrangle a tank of gas, if you need to, we gots room for ya here. 
I’m only three hours from ya.
I’m way north of you, but good luck.
I know everybody down there is still rebuilding from Katrina, but you just have to have faith in the odds. Which are that it’ll curve west this time and nail New Orleans again but spare Mississippi.
Not living in the US or having any family in that area, I was all set for a stalker thread. I will think hurricane dissipation thoughts for you.
This is my first hurricane season. It’s been fairly quiet so far…until now. :eek:
Ernesto is a sh^t.
And a Catagorey One Hurricane, as of now. :smack:
It looks like it’s going to miss you and hit me. Thanks much, Mississippienne 
Indeed. Thanks for all you do, Mississippienne. The current projected track has it making landfall one county north of my home – that is, about 30 miles away. However, I’m not overly concerned, as we occasionally get summer storms with winds near category 2 speeds, and it’s nothing we can’t handle.
Also, with the way our area is shaped, it’s better for it to swing in from the north rather than the south. From the south, the storm surge pushes the water up along the populated areas along the coastline of the bay and the Hillsborough River. If it comes ashore in the county north of me, the flooded area would be less populated.
In any case, I’m not worried.
Sending lucky thoughts your way!
I’m kinda hoping that it will lose steam as it cruises through Cuba. I’m also kinda hoping that it’ll do us a favor and take out Castro
From what I have read, the Cubans are way better prepared to evacuate than a lot of people.
:: must call cousin in Tampa ::
So they already have their '57 Buicks converted into boats, and their course toward the US charted, eh? 
Nah, that’s the wrong side of the island. I think they’re plannign to go… uphill.
Well, I just called my cousin in Tampa (area code 813, anyways) and said that the latest storm-track prediction has the storm going right over Tampa. Her reaction: “I hope it doesn’t hit Thursday morning! I have a hair-dresser’s appointment that morning, and you know how hard those are to get…” :dubious:
I mentioned things like, having a roof over her head is more important than stylistic amendments, but she said the storms had missed her before, and as far as she knew, the track was still well out in the Gulf. “Roofs can be replaced, but you always have to look good…” I think she was joking…
She also added that her household was out of water. :dubious: :dubious:
My cousin is a cool lady (a red-haired grandmother with freckles!), and this reaction was a bit surprising.
I asked her to check the NHC website for tracking updates. I thinkm I’ll send her an email chock full of helpful links.