Weather watch

In case you've not been watching the weather reports, Hurricane Georges seems to be headed our way. We are on a hurricane watch, which means (translation for those of us not from this area) that a hurricane is expected to hit between 36 and 48 hours from the 4:00 am hour in which this report was made. They have initiated a scheduled evacuation beginning this morning with the lower keys, and then working this way later. There is no forced evacuation yet.

As a matter of fact we are experiencing the best weather we've seen here yet. For my taste they could turn the humidity down a little, but the sun is shining, skies are clear with a slight breeze to make the heat tolerable. I think they call this the calm before the storm.

This mission features challenge, so we're going to proceed with today as planned (though we may keep the chat room open and feature a few extra folks who may not get their turn if we have to evacuate). So stay tuned. I will try to keep you informed with a link at the top if I have phone contact. Today we plan to proceed according to schedule. If there is silence from here, assume we are on the road heading north to avoid the storm.

There's a rumor afoot that NASA has gone on a lark to Key Largo, and spending the time luxuriating. For some of us nothing could be further from the truth! Robin took us on a tour of their facilities. Check it out!

Robin invites Bill to see the interior of the MRDF dorm rooms,

and then she points out the shared facilities!