Well there's good news and not-so-good news regarding the storms today I suppose. Gustav: Let's start with the good news shall we? (...

Bother bother bother bother. Do these storms know I'm on vacation? I'm sure you all know what is going on from the news reports, but...

Well the little monsters are still Tropical Storms - but not for long, especially Gustav. TS Gustav: Currently at around 18.6N, 78.8W, he ha...

Aahhh, another nice, calm day in the tropics... I am, of course, referring to the tropics on Mars. Here on planet Earth someone's been a...

GREAT GOOGLIMOOGLIES!!! Who forgot to give Mother Nature the "It's Labor Day Weekend: everything will be closed for the long weeken...

Well, I suppose this wasn't too bad as "eeek-there's-a-storm-out-there" days go ;) - Gustav has weakened further and is no...

I didn't send out another update yesterday because I couldn't think of much to say. If you bought that, I er... have some land in th...

As we expected since yesterday, he is now a hurricane. Also as expected, they have shifted his forecast track near Cuba in a more westward d...

The NHC issued a special advisory at 2pm, upgrading TD 7 (officially labeled at their 11am advisory) to TS Gustav. They will put out anothe...

Well that was a lovely day off, wasn't it? :) Yes, there is a Blob (technical term meaning... a er.. blob really...for those who have re...

As I thought, she didn't go back over the Gulf today but stayed on a WNW-NW path, and because she continued over land, she lost steam so...

Yes, she's *still* over Florida. She got to the Appalachicola region as planned this morning, and has more-or-less stayed over land sinc...

Dear Mother Nature, I've been enjoying my tour of Florida. Having been here for almost five days, I've seen most of the state - the ...

The NHC forecast was good as she is now moving in a generally westward direction. Ah well - maybe parts of Georgia is getting a bit of rain ...

Since we last met, my computer caught fire. Bet you weren't expecting that as an opening line. As I was writing the update this morning ...

Tenacious Fay (not to be confused with Tenacious D, the satirical heavy/hard/comedy rock band who should now be thanking me for this unusual...

Hmm... things are not improving folks. Although earlier I didn't agree she was over water, she most definitely is now: her location is a...

I suppose it does take a good day to check out everything at Kennedy Space Center, and that's what Fay has been doing. She's more-or...

I know the folks on the central/northern east coast of Florida won't agree (thanks for the photos), but this is a fascinating system. Tr...

... oops, I meant she's currently 30 miles SSW of Melbourne. East, West... left, right... only minor details. I'm sure you all knew...