5/29/03


Brother has another gig at the shipyard, and has picked up a cell phone. It looks like he's moving ahead nicely.

I go in for my checkup today, and hopefully some more solid options will avail themselves to me.

I need to get back into the writing habit... post stuff here that I'm posting There. I have to commit to a minimum of forty minutes a day of just writing. I enjoy rereading memories from times past.

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...FLOOD STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL1123 AM EDT THU MAY 29 2003
...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR BROWARD METROPOLITAN AND MIAMI-DADE METROPOLITAN UNTIL 7 PM...

...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...AND MOVE INTO THE METRO REGIONS OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL, WHICH WILL HELP TO RENEW FLOODING OF ROADS... UNDERPASSES...POORLY DRAINED LOW SPOTS AND NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. SHOULD THIS HAPPEN...FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE FLOOD WATCH AREA WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS MORNING ALONG THE COLD FRONT HAVE MOVED INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND SOUTH OF THE AREA. THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF THE METRO PALM BEACH REGION.

DURING A FLOOD WATCH, HAVE A PLAN TO DEAL WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN A HIGHLY FLOOD-PRONE AREA TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY INCLUDING HAVING SAND BAGS ON HAND AND MOVING YOUR VEHICLE TO A LESS FLOOD-PRONE AREA. HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND EVACUATE IF ASKED.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER CHANNEL AND WEATHER.COM FOR UPDATES....