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I wonder...
Aug. 13th, 2004 06:24 pmFor those of you who don't know, I used to live on the west coast of Florida. The place I lived was about 15 miles north of where the eye of Charley made landfall. It's hard to think of all the places I used to like to go that were less than seven feet above ocean level. It's a very flat place.
I hope butonquail has heard from her dad. He now lives just a few miles north of the landfall.
I imagine another friend's parent's house must be gone now. They lived right next to the beach and only had about 20 feet of back yard to loose years ago.
Live down there for any amount of time and you come to understand that the coastline is not the immutable construction it is in most of New England. It's all sand so keys are built and torn down with casual indifference to man's attempts to own land. Beaches come and go. Man puts up jetties and barriers to try to shape the sand, but it's all pretend in the end.
I hope my mom has gathered up herself and the dog and packed off to a shelter. The first of the big feeder bands will probably hit her place in about an hour. My sister is no doubt planning on spending her time at work. She works at a hospital so her going to work is appropriate during storms.
I hope butonquail has heard from her dad. He now lives just a few miles north of the landfall.
I imagine another friend's parent's house must be gone now. They lived right next to the beach and only had about 20 feet of back yard to loose years ago.
Live down there for any amount of time and you come to understand that the coastline is not the immutable construction it is in most of New England. It's all sand so keys are built and torn down with casual indifference to man's attempts to own land. Beaches come and go. Man puts up jetties and barriers to try to shape the sand, but it's all pretend in the end.
I hope my mom has gathered up herself and the dog and packed off to a shelter. The first of the big feeder bands will probably hit her place in about an hour. My sister is no doubt planning on spending her time at work. She works at a hospital so her going to work is appropriate during storms.
