LOCAL PRESS DISCOVERS POSSIBLE HURRICANE AT OUR DOORSTEP

Predictably, the regular broadcast crew at the local "news" radio station replaced the not ready for weekday weekend crew about 5AM today, and I was instantly greeted with some hysterical woman screeching gloom and doom and storm warnings and we'll all die, etc. Unbelievably irresponsible to ignore this yesterday and then , with virtually no facts being presented, start screaming dire warnings. They've cried "wolf" so many times that if there really were a serious emergency noone would pay any attention. Fortunately, as it now appears, we will get a fairly fast moving rain storm with some wind to go along with it. We need the rain, and if it doesn't slow down, we probably won't have any flooding to speak of. Anyway, I'm off to bed. More hurricane updates later.