Wow he must be a serious runner that is quite a haul! I checked out the route on the map the whole route is beautiful countryside and the railroad bed project is supposed to be fantastic I haven't been up there yet but have heard nothing but good things it is a multi-use trail. Will you guys be driving up? Part of the route goes within a mile of my house I'm in southern Vermont right off route 30.

 

^ Well, he's not running the whole thing himself. It's like the Bourbon Chase I posted about. A team of 12 runs legs - 3 each. They will take vans from here. The vans follow the runners. I won't be going. No time to really take for anything but running and eating and sleeping. Maybe you can go and cheer them on along the route by your house.

 

That will be a sight to see I would definitely go down and cheer!

 

A very bad time to be vacationing in Puerto Vallarta!

 

Ya lo creo!

This storm is going right over the tribal lands of the native Americans that I used to do research with. They have no electronic communication, so they will not necessarily be prepared for the wind and water. In the past when a huge storm would come through, many people got swept down the canyon by a huge wall of water that suddenly appeared from upstream..

 

I've been in a few hurricanes in the third world. It's not fun. Gilbert in Jamaica swept the windward side of the mountain clean and left the leeward side alone. The worst part was the complete lack of food, medicine and services for several weeks or months. lots of people living in caves.

Fortunately, Hurricanes take a while to get there and you can see and feel them coming. I'll bet even the most primitive tribe knows how to get out of the way within the scope of their environment. It always surprised me how enterprising and how fast the communities rebuilt. It doesn't take much to make nothing out of nothing.

I wish them well, hope everyone is safe. Canes are bad news.

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My worst nightmare. My house would more than likely be destroyed.

 

I was in a hurricane with my aunt and uncle in NC many years ago (Hazel). The road leading into the camp where they had a cabin was flooded, but he figured he could drive through it. Nope...we got stuck and water came into the car. It was dark out and he had to walk quite a way into camp to get someone to tow us out. We kept expecting water moccasins to swim by while we waited by the road. I've also been in hurricanes at their house in NC when we waded in the street and water came into the rec room.

 

I was in a hurricane on spring break in Daytona Beach years back. Pretty wild stuff but by no means anything like 200 mph!

 

I remember a little about Hazel. My grandpa came to our house and fetched my mom, sister and me and took us to his house. Daddy was out/town and Mom was terrified so she called her dad. I just remember loads of wind and rain, rain, rain.