K is for...

...Kink: what i had in my back when i spent 3 hurricane-filled nights laying on my family room floor near my puppy who was terrified of the sounds the wind was making
...Kite: what my poor puppy looked like when we took him outside to pee during those 3 storms
...Kilt: what a man should not opt for as attire if going outside during a hurricane
...more people are Killed from non-storm-related causes (traffic accidents, electrocution by contact with downed but live power lines after the storm ends, etc) than by the storms themselves: for example, last year: Charley 15 direct, 20 indirect; Frances 7 direct, 42 indirect
...the Keys: what gets evacuated for every hurricane. think these people are tired of trekking back & forth over that bridge?
...Knowledge is power. for me at least. i like to know where a storm is, how it's developping, where they are projecting it. some of it is uneasiness caused by the unpredictability of these storms. the rest is just my fascination with weather & how they track these storms, how they form & what directs them.
...meet Tropical Storm Katrina who was given her name sometime between 6:30 and 8:15 this morning. she's mostly a lot of rain & not much wind so that's good. sort of. FL is a bit water-logged & i'm not sure there's many place in the state than can handle another 5-10" of liquid sunshine. which reminds me. after all the rain from last year's storms & all the rain just this summer, how are we still under water bans for drought conditions?? i have water coming out my ears & the outside plants are requesting life preservers!

...Keep away from my friends anyway LOL! seems Katrina is coming in at Andie and going out at Michelle!