More Nasty Weather and Now, I've Seen It All!!

Orange City, FL.
59 deg. scattered clouds, no wind.
Forecast today = high temp. 81 deg. mostly sunny, W. wind@ 10 to 15 mph.

It was another nasty day around here yesterday, weather-wise. It started raining early and really never quit until around 6:30 in the evening. Most of the time the rain was very heavy, (with an accumulation of about 3"), and there was constant thunder and lightning. We also had more strong winds with up to 50 mph gusts, but I don't know of any additional damage  here in the park. However there was substantial damage throughout central Florida.

OK, Now, I've seen it all!!! I'm going to try to describe this to you and I hope you can picture this in your mind.

First of all there's this lady who is taking her dog out to do his "business" in the rain. It's a medium sized dog and they are in the grassy area across the street from me. In one hand, the lady has a hold of the leash and in the other hand, she is holding, upside down, an umbrella that has been turned inside-out, (like it's been through a big wind storm), over the top of the dog so the dog doesn't get wet.

The lady has a hooded sweatshirt on but no other protection from the weather, and has to be getting quite wet as the dog is in no hurry.

On top of all of this, (and to me this is the best part), after the dog was done doing it's "business", she put the inside-out umbrella down on the ground, picked up the poop with a plastic bag and then got out a rag and wiped off the dog's bottom!!!!!  She then put the rag in the plastic bag, picked up the umbrella, held it back over the dog and headed back to the RV!!  :-0

Yep, I now think I've seen it all!!!

Laura called yesterday afternoon and suggested going out to dinner at the Pier 16 Seafood Restaurant. It sounded like a good idea to Jim and Linda, so about 6:00 they headed over there and met Laura, Lindsey and Ashley for a very nice meal.

After dinner, Jim and Linda came back here an kind of crashed. The whole day, (except for the meal), had been very stressful, with all the storm cells going through the area, the power going off at least 4 times, and the tornado watches all day with warnings from time to time. :-(

The forecast for the next 5 days looks pretty good, so Jim and Linda shouldn't have any problems getting me ready to travel. :-) Plus I know that they still have some things they want to get done before we leave.

Did you know that each year there are about 1,200 tornadoes in the United States?