Earl Petered Out!

Following all the hype that Hurricane Earl was a killer and the sky was falling, the run on grocery (and liquor) stores by terrified tourists and locals, the filling up of bathtubs, and removing anything on a porch or deck that might become airborne...Nothing.

Nothing!  Really!  Woke this morning expecting to see a torrent of rain blown about by high winds and found nothing. Nothing. There was a light wind, but the ground was dry.

Walked to work under the cloudy sky but the rain (such as it was) didn't begin until 10:30 am and was off and on until about 2:00 pm. - mostly just annoying, really. The sun made its presence known by 3:00 pm and wasn't going anywhere.

Very busy for lunch with people who didn't buy into the BS and hysteria yesterday. Folks streamed into town to view the "high waves" breaking on shore and were disappointed.

Following my after-shift cocktail I walked home under clearing skies and dropping temperatures. It's likely to get down to the 60s overnight and up to about 80' tomorrow. Works for me.

The town is packed with folks who were warned to stay away from Ocean City, Maryland by the governor, (OC is only about 25 miles south of here, so go fig!) as well as our stalwart regulars. It's going to be an awesome weekend here and I am ready for the fun.