I know it will go out to sea, at some point, they almost always go out to sea. Okay Hazel went to Canada, but I digress. It's just this time of year, one part Fall and Winter Dreams all mixed together. "If this was only a snow storm" I've heard people say.... while others are mourning their loss of beach days and flip flops while others can't wait to put their cowboy boots on. Looked for them today, couldn't find them.. will look again tomorrow. I've never gotten used to the shifting of the winter clothes/summer clothes it's been hard to adjust to though you'd think after 16 years up here I'd be used to it. Often I leave my summer clothes in Miami by my daughter, but when she moved recently she returned some to me and gave me a few of hers as well. I didn't see that coming. Hope to be in Miami in the not so distant future...tho I've been saying that for a while. I so love Fall in the Carolinas. Hate to miss a minute of it...

Back to weather and the tropics.

Currently the EURO shows the Coastal Low (Maybe we should call it CL) or Carolina Coastal Low (being CCL) again digressing but whatever we call it ...it is just off Coast near the SC/NC border as expected. Though it's rainshield has moved inland. X Jerry is watching like a stalker or temporarily transfixed thinking "why didn't I think of that" as he for now follows along a bit watching.... then the whole mess moves up the coast and then out to sea. Maybe X Jerry gets bored and gets sucked off to the East faster.... who knows really. I am seriously just watching in real time.

After this extremely memorable season, made memorable for me because Chantal went over Raleigh and flooded Durham & Carrboro. I was at OBX just before Erin playing in the surf, dancing with the sandpipers in a remnant Invest. We've had a lot of remnant Invests or areas not quite upgraded to Invest. And, so far (US has not been hit by a Hurricane) just sideswiped by Erin and what was left of Chantal and our No Name Storm (NNS for short) and looks like our luck may continue. Time will tell.

It's been a Carolina Coastal season for sure.

Invest 97L will most likely go out to sea, following the example of the previous named storms. Next name up is Lorenzo. I'll check that out tomorrow. It's October, so you never know. And, oh Lord there is another wave coming off of Africa. MJO I know I know.... let's discuss that down the road. Early wave train that looked good and a bevy of mediocre waves during the height of the Hurricane Season and now some good waves to watch once again.

I'm off and on often this time of year as I have religious holidays that keep me busy and are treated as a Sabbath where I'm offline. Those who have followed me for a long time knows this two step that often happens at the height of the Hurricane Season. I'll be off on Tuesday and Wednesday, then no more holidays til April.

I wonder what people will remember most from the 2025 Hurricane Season as it nears the end of the road, though still has miles to go before we sleep. I loved being at OBX with 39 MPH winds steady :) and watching Chantal make it up to Raleigh inland, tho surprised flooding was so bad. Though Flooding has been the signature so far of the 2025 Hurricane Season; Remnants of Barry helping in the tragedy in Texas. Homes sliding into the Atlantic in Buxton where I was in August reminds us all that life at the edge of the ocean on a barrier island on shifting sands can have a expiration date.

I grew up on Miami Beach, my parent's house was 5 blocks from the ocean and then add in Indian Creek. At high tide we'd sit at the edge of the pool deck at a friend's hotel and dangle our feet in the surf that would hit the edge of the seawall and then they went and built the new Beach with dunes and a boardwalk that cost a fortune. And, still the 35th Street area behind Collins is often an issue. You can rebuild the beach, but at some point nature rearranges it again. My family once owned 3 lots on Anna Maria Island (near Tampa) far out in the Gulf on a sliver of a beautiful barrier island. When I'd ask why no one built on it, I was told "well sometimes one of the lots is under water and sometimes two of the lots" and that's true. A Great Great Uncle sold lots there in the 1920s during the boom. My cousin mused that if we ever inherited it we should just put a trailor on it for fishing. I asked why he didn't want to build a home, he smiled reminding me we are "Old Florida" saying "Bobbi, you know some hurricane is gonna come along and wash it away one day... all we need is a trailer or shack to watch the beach and go fishing" I laughed seeing his point. At some point the land was sold that worked out good my mother and my aunt. Someone built a big house on it, not sure how it handled the last 2 storms but it's surely a beautiful place to live.

So the purpose of this long musing on beach living is that if you live at the edge of the sand know the sand will move at some point. You may be further from the beach, or underwater or have a boat drop on what's left of your yard in a hurricane. If not you got lucky, but that's the way of the world. Note Buxton is at the Southern tip of Outer Banks, properties I believe do better up in Duck or Carolla.

Thanks for reading my weather diary aka Hurricane Harbor Blogspot aka BobbiStorm.com

Writing relaxes me. Gives me perspective. Storms, both of the tropical kind and the winter kind, give me perspective. Currently I'm enjoying Fall, waiting for the crickets to stop singing and for the first kiss of frost in the early morning. And, still watching the tropics to make sure there are no more October Surprises or November Nightmares....tho usually November is filled with loops or quick exits out to sea.

Not sure if Mark Sudduth will ever read this but I've followed him for a long time. I paid for the blue check and the ability to Edit yet rarely used the whole space it provides. I like to let everyone be able to read posts, so I kept it short. I know ... shocking for me. One day Mark went on and wrote until he ran out of space, it was hysterical. I read every word. Totally loved it and respected him even more than I already did! Cracked me up. I'm sure I could write that long, but in a mellow mood listening to the rain and wondering if we really get any wind tomorrow. So tonight I used a good part of my alloted space on X. Options are always good. There's a time to go long as details matter and sometimes it's from the details we learn something new.