Ernesto Update

Well, I thought I was going to be severely disappointed by Ernesto when I woke up this morning and it wasn't even raining. But the rain came eventually and now after about 5 hours, I have to say, there are some pretty impressive puddles. Mind you, it hasn't reached the levels of last thursday's thunderstorm. Here's a cool satellite image I found on the NOAA site:



It looks like we'll only get a glancing blow from Ernesto now. the current storm track prediction says it will make landfall somewhere just north of Myrtle Beach near the North Carolina-South Carolina border.

I went into work this morning but MUSC was deserted so I ended up coming back home after lunch, just in case the water got too high. So I'll leave you with some pictures from my walk home, around 2pm.





I'll update if anything amazing happens in the next few hours. Otherwise I'll just be on my neighour's porch, drinking beer and watching cars try to drive through the lake that was Ashley Avenue.

- Mr. Ed

Update to the update - 11:50pm
Nothing has happened. No, seriously, nothing at all has happened. Ernesto was crap. I mean a half day at work/school is all well and good, but it has to be justified with a least a semi-serious storm; not some pansy-esque, pretence at a proper weather like we had today. Well, it looks like there'll be clear skies tomorrow and that means only one thing, back to the grind.

Nah-night.