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Monday, August 27, 2007

Last time I posted, I was worried about Tropical Storm Erin; but it turned out to make landfall about 25 miles north of Corpus Christi as a very weak storm, so we felt practically no effects from it. Areas to our north and northwest, however, such as Houston and San Antonio, weren't so lucky and were deluged by rain.

After we're spared the brunt of a storm, I normally give a bigh sigh of relief, yet I couldn't do that this time since we still had Hurrican Dean to watch. Having lived on the coast almost all my life, I'm used to feeling a bit nervous and unsettled during the summer due to the threat of storms; but Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have made me much more skittish about the threat. I'm not alone in that feeling: Everyone on the Gulf coast is on high alert any time there's a storm out there.

When Hurricane Dean made landfall in a rather unpopulated area of Mexico, I could finally breathe easier. Now I'm just hoping the tropics calm down. Can't wait for hurricane season to be over! The official end of the season isn't until November, but we rarely get storms past the end of September. So, only about one more month of nervousness...

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