Shades of 2004
No, not the presidental race. Hurricane season.
In 2004, school started and was in session for less then a week when hurricane Charley decided to come visiting. This year it is Tropical Storm Fay that is expected to hit this area sometime tomorrow or Wednesday.
School started today for most counties in Central Florida. Most of these counties have closed their public schools for tomorrow. We won't know if we're back in session on Wednesday until tomorrow afternoon.
There are some important differences between Charley and Fay. Charley was a level 3 hurricane when it hit Florida's shores. It was also very, very fast. Fay is still just a tropical storm. It might be a level 1 hurricane when it hits Florida's southwest coast tomorrow morning. It's also moving slowly and a bit erratically.
For a while it looked like Fay would just skirt the coast of Florida. Now it looks like it hit between Sarasota and Naples.
Hopefully this is a one day only event for the entire hurricane season. I definitely don't want to get into the school starts/school's on hold cycle that happened in 2004.
If you're interested, read my farewell to 2004's hurricane season.
