Alex update...

It used to be Jim Cantori... yeah, the guy from the Weather Channel. If he showed up in your area, you knew you were in for a bad time. He stood on our beach just before Hurricane Dolly hit, and it was ugly. Just ask people all along the Gulf Coat - if Cantori shows up, you are likely heading out.

Well, this morning, it was Stephanie Abrams (another Weather Channel anchor person)... and she was standing almost in our back yard! Tropical Storm Alex is expected to ramp up to a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall. Four of the six computer models show it right over the top of us in the next 36 hours.

The house is battened down; the hurricane shutters are down and locked; everything that could be a "missile" was put away when we left. Hopefully, all our neighbors have done the same... because it isn't just the wind, it's what gets carried in the wind that can cause damage.

We'll be watching from afar.