Hurricane Watch

Trish an I are here in the island waiting for Hurricane Isaias to move north and watching the predicted path projections with care.  After the terrible record setting flooding from Hurricane Dorian last September, people seem to be more nervous than usual as we watch this storm’s progress.  We will all be glad when it passes.

The island is very empty, it seems.  Last evening when we rode down to the sunset we saw only three other parties there and they were all local friends.  Normally there would have been a large gathering of tourists.  Everything along the way was closed down and there were neither cars nor walkers to be seen.

It was a beautiful evening.  The sun was hanging just above the horizon as a moving line of clouds kept alternately covering then revealing it.  It was like seeing multiple sunsets over and over again.

Sunset before the storm.

As we turned to leave, the full moon was at the same time coming up out of the ocean.  We had to go out and walk on the beach a bit to soak in its beauty.  The ocean is already pushing a bit higher because of the full moon which makes the potential storm surge somewhat stronger.

Full moon over the growing tides.

It looks like tomorrow will be clear of the storm for most of the day and then it will arrive in North Carolina throughout Tuesday night.  We wait and watch and hope for everyone that winds and water stay on the lower side.

Neighbors watching the full moon from the boardwalk.