It Has Arrived!!

After 5 - 6 months of unbearable heat, fall has arrived here in Mobile! This is my favorite seasons as the leaves turn different colors and the holiday season approaches. This fall means something special to me, it is the time that I graduate from college and start a new chapter in my life.....that is a different blog post entirely. Back to Fall...

Here is the forecast for MOB and I'm loving it!!!

With Fall comes Fall Break, which is currently happening on the campus of South. I really don't have any plans for Fall Break and kind of making it up as I go. Right now I'm doing some much needed laundry and having a Transformers marathon considering I got all 3 of the movies on blu-ray yesterday. Tuesday will be the best day of Fall Break as Crowder's Christmas CD comes out that day as well as the newest book in the Percy Jackson series, Son of Neptune comes out as well!

Yes, Fall has arrived!

God is Amazing

God is amazing! He does things for you when you don't even ask.

This week was going to be a very long week! I have the first Radar test Wednesday and then my first Differential Equations test on Friday. Each course require a lot of studying and there was no way I would be able to study for both of them as much as I needed. On top of this I woke up this morning with a slight soar throat and I'm afraid that my allergies are beginning to mess up.

I went to Radar class today and he barely went over what was on the test and he told us how much we had to know. Kind of freaking out. I went to Different Equations class after that this morning and the first thing the teacher said was "we have a test this Friday, I am pretty sure that I am going move it." BLESSING!!!

This was a huge burden lifted off of my shoulder and I can breathe and relax a little bit now. As for the sickness part, I just woke up from a two hour nap and feel a little better.....enough so that I can study for Radar. The pollen in the air is currently being washed away by the rain, and its not over yet, there is rain forecasted for every day this week!

Yep, God is amazing!

Tropical Storm Lee: Advisory 6

The hurricane season is in full swing! Tropical Storm Lee is now threatening the gulf coast is expected to bring about 17 - 20 inches of rain to the area over the next 5 days.

The biggest threat to the Mobile area from this storm is rainfall. Mobile is expecting around 17" of rain over the next 5 days according to the Hydrological Prediction Center (HPC). Just a few hours ago Mobile was put under a tropical storm warning. Mobile is also under a flash flood watch through Monday evening.

The best chances for tropical conditions for Mobile is on Monday. Right now everybody is watching New Orleans as Lee is sitting nearly stationary to the south of New Orleans dropping a lot of rain onto the city and whether or not the levees will hold.

USA vs W. Alabama

Yesterday was the kickoff to South's football season against West Alabama. After weeks of preparation the bookstore was ready for this to be a great game!

We didn't leave until noon and did last minute preparations in the morning. At least we were leaving.....we hit traffic going to the stadium but it didn't ruin our spirits. We got there and unloaded tailgate 1 (venue) immediately and then the east venue. We moved on to tailgate 2 and the two west venues. We get tailgate almost completely unloaded and things went downhill! A huge thunderstorm from Tropical Storm Lee hit the stadium and it poured and the wind blew. I was stuck in the truck with 3 other people while about 7 people were stuck inside the tailgate 2 venue. They immediately through everything to the center so the shirts and stuff didn't get wet but they didn't predict what would happen. All the rain washed down the tiny hill that tailgate 2 was sitting on the bottom of and the bottom of the boxes got soaked!!

Tailgate 1 didn't get hit as bad but they still got a few things wet. After the storm passed the two bosses drove over to look at the damage and decided to shut tailgate 2 down as there was not much left to save. Tailgate 1 was to remain open for a while. We quickly unloaded the west venues and then went back to tailgate 2 to load up tailgate 2. As soon as we finished that they announced that tailgate 1 was going to shut down as well. We helped them load up the rest of that tent.


Just like that our two biggest venues were shut down and the estimated damage to shirts and stuff was about $1,000.....just from a thunderstorm. We all filled up the inside venues and tried to sell as much as we could. Our jaguar spirits were broken but we finally got them back. We brought out the tutus and people wore them around trying to raise some spirit up in the stadium. The venues inside did sell a lot of stuff and I have not heard how damage was done or if we made a profit.

Although it was the worse football game for the bookstore in the 3-season history, the JAGS are still undefeated as they beat W. Alabama 20 - 10 and are now 18-0!!! GO JAGS!!!!!!

Hurricane Irene: Advisory 24A

Hurricane Irene is currently a category 2 storm, but is expected to strengthen and become a category 3 storm again. Tropical storm conditions are expected for coastal South Carolina starting this morning through tomorrow morning. According to WCBD-TV News, Charleston county schools have been cancelled and Berkeley County schools are on a half-day schedule today. Wind gusts are expected to top at around 50 MPH with an estimated 1 - 2 inches of rain, however some areas could get 3 -4 inches of rain.

Meteorologist Rob Fowler tweeted that the first band from Irene was moving into downtown Charleston with winds of 50 MPH.

Continue to watch the news/weather channel for the latest information! Be safe!

Hurricane Irene: Advisory #22A

As of advisory #22A, Hurricane Irene is currently a category 3 hurricane with its eye located over the north of the Bahamas. Little change in strength and forecast since the last advisory.

The biggest news is that the coast of South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch from Edisto Beach to the SC/NC border. This means that tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours. According to the Channel 2 News web-site there are no evacuations planned for the SC coast. The conditions expected are high winds and heavy rains. Stay tuned to local channels on up-to-the minute weather alerts.

Hurricane Irene: Advisory 18

Irene shot from the International Space Center. Courtesy: NASA
The 18th advisory for hurricane Irene shows that the track has not changed much since advisory #16. She will be off the SC/NC coastlines around 8 AM Saturday. The track has moved a little to the west due to a deepening of a trough in the northeastern US.

Currently the emphasis for news is on the Bahamas as it is making landfall in the Bahamas as of right now. For Charleston, SC, I would recommend staying tune to Channel 2 News (WCBD). There appears to be a lesser threat to the area as Charleston County is now in OPCON 4 which means they are just monitoring the storm and have no plan of action as of now.

Hurricane Irene: Advisory 16A

Hurricane Irene is now a category 3! Charleston County emergency management went into OPCON 3 yesterday which puts part of the emergency team on alert. They are still at this status but are not planning any evacuations.

Little change to the track as Irene is expected to make landfall in the North Carolina outskirts. Shear is occurring to the storm but is not having a huge impact on the storm. It is about to go through an eye wall replacement which will help prevent the storm from strengthening.

Charleston, SC can expect tropical storm winds, even hurricane winds at times. Heavy rains will move onto the coast of SC and could affect all the way up to Columbia, SC. I would recommend staying away from local beaches as high surf will be occurring and possible storm surge.

Hurricane Irene: Advisory 14A

Hurricane Irene is currently a category 1 hurricane is still expected to become a category 3 hurricane as it approaches the east coast. It is expected to make landfall around 2 PM on Saturday on the outskirts of North Carolina as a major hurricane.....some say a category 4, I do not think it will be reach category 4. wind shear is beginning to be forecasted in the models and this will weaken the storm a little. Also the storm is heading over warm waters and this will help strengthen it. A little hard to tell how strong the storm will be. It seems that the forecast track is pretty set.

Those in South Carolina can expect heavy rain and wind. Haven't seen anything about a tornado threat yet. Possible storm surge as well as this storms moves past the SC coast.

Irene Hurricane Advisory #10

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) just issued their 10th advisory on hurricane Irene. The forecast track has moved a little more to the east and the storm is expected to make landfall now near Myrtle Beach, SC....it was forecasted to make landfall near Edisto Beach, SC. Irene has strengthened and is now a category 2 hurricane.

Here is the basic information on the hurricane:

LOCATION...19.7N 68.7W

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...981 MB...28.97 INCHES

A forecaster from the NHC has made an emphasis on focusing too much on the day 4 & day 5 forecast positions as the trend over the past years is that the forecast position has changed by 200 miles by the time that forecast verified. If you live on the South Carolina or North Carolina coast, continue to watch this storm. The next advisory will be out around 11 AM EDT.

Blog Header

As you can see, the above image is the header for my newly designed blog. I wanted to explain the different photos in the image. First of all every photo represents things that I love (outside of friends and family). Start at the bottom left....

The first image is a collage of the animation drawings of various Disney movies. If you know me then you know that I LOVE disney and everything it is associated with. Moving to the right, you see an image of my favorite super-hero. His name is Gambit and he uses kinetic energy to heat up everyday objects and uses them as weapons. He mainly uses playing cards. To the right of that you see an image of the logo for CBS's NCIS tv-show. This is my favorite tv show! I love the forensic scientist Abby the most!

Moving up from the NCIS image is a photo of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, located in Charleston, SC. It is the largest cable bridge in North America! I was born and raised in Charleston, SC and proud of it! The image in the top right position is the logo for Mario and represents anything Nintendo. I am a huge Mario fan! To the left of the Mario image is cumulus nimbus cloud with lightning....aka a thunderstorm. I am a meteorologist and love the weather!

As we move left still, we come upon the Pirates of the Caribben: At Stranger Tides movie poster. These movies (all 4 and any others they make) are my favorite movies of all time! I love everything about the movies! The final image, the one in the top left corner is the symbol of the wrestler, The Undertaker. He has been my
favorite wrestler since I was a kid and will always be my favorite wrestler in the WWE.

So there you have it. A collage of my favorite things! Hope you like it!