As usual, I am quivering with frustration at the way Hurricane Matthew is being covered. In hurricanes, most lives are lost from STORM SURGE, not wind damage. The Categories 1,2,3, etc. are important for their winds speeds, both for immediate damage, but more importantly by how much force water is being pushed into inlets, bays, rivers, etc.

Well, peeps, some of us on the East Coast are sighing and going into our well-established hurricane prep routine. We ALL hope that Matthew somehow tracks offshore and well offshore for the duration and lands a direct hit nowhere. Most of us can probably confess that our second hope is that if it doesn't stay offshore and hits somewhere, we hope that the effects are minimal and that the hit is not in our own backyard.