Monday, October 3, 2022

And, so on and so on...

Mornin'!  It's 50° in windy Wildwood.  We're still under Ian's wrath with dark, gray skies, relentless winds out of the N-NE at 25-35mph +gusting and periods of rain.  Right now, it's dry but we've had our share of rain along with coastal flooding this past weekend.  No damage to report.  I can't believe I'm even writing this but the furnace went on this morning.  It was 60° in here and with these winds and raw, wet surroundings (I'm sure it's soaked in the crawl space under the house making the hardwood and tiles to feel very cold), it was time to take some of this chill out of the house and fire that bad boy up. I keep watching all the footage of Ian's damage to Florida and breathe a sigh of relief that it wasn't us.  But, at the same time, to be in the 4th consecutive day of non-stop battering winds and rain and at times flooding, I'm becoming very weary.  It's really hard to sleep with winds that sound like a high speed train roaring around your home. Even my ear plugs aren't working. There's no doubt I'm having sleep deprivation.  Enough complaining and focus on what's good and that's the roof over my head, plenty of food in the house and warmth from the furnace.  Very grateful.  Very, very grateful.  Now... on to the weather. 
It'll be another day like the past 4 days... periodic showers in the morning becoming a steady rain by this afternoon.  Temps will be in the mid-upper 50s with N-NE winds at 25-35mph +gusting.  Tonight... cloudy and windy with periods of rain, temps in the upper 40s and N-NE winds at 20-30mph +gusting. Tomorrow... cloudy and windy with periods of rain.  Temps will be in the mid-upper 50s with NE winds at 25-35mph +gusting.  With all this rain comes tidal, coastal flooding.  All of yesterdays alerts and warnings are still posted.  Blah. Blah. Blah.  So far, I'm really hating October.
High Tide: 2:44PM
Low Tide: 8:04AM
Ocean Temp: 68°
Sunrise: 6:56AM
Sunset: 6:40PM
Rip Currents: High Risk (Red Zone)
Corona Virus Cases in NJ: 2,745,094
Corona Virus Deaths in NJ: 35,750
Corona Virus Cases in CMC: 27,311
Corona Virus Deaths in CMC: 322  

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