Milton and Paradise Lost

[nikonf3]

The past thirty days have been a little unnerving with regards to the weather. While our weather has been unusually scorching for this time of year, our family back in the southeast have had a different problem. That giant bowl of warm soup know as the Gulf of Mexico is becoming an increasingly efficient incubator of dangerous hurricanes. No more forming off Africa and having a week or more to worry where the beast will make landfall. Now a low pressure off the Yucatan can organize and blow up to Cat 5 in a few days.
Last night I was up late, texting with a friend who was waiting for Milton to pass. He and his wife had evacuated from Tampa to a town near Orlando. A family member in St. Pete stayed put and was okay today. I guess this is the new normal.