What’s Up? – Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence
The past week has been a bit tense for several States for reasons of the hurricane Florence. We didn’t know exactly where it was going to touch land, Meteorologists predicted Florence would touch land in both the North and South Carolinas which it did, then the questions arose, was it going to veer toward Georgia in the South or Virginia in the North?
The hurricane touched land with a lot of power but traveled more slowly once on land. This situation kind of complicated the equation., it meant a slow traveling would create more damage of heavy rain for longer period of time, creating super floods with devastating consequences .
There was another important threat to be considered. The hurricane force and size (160 miles) travels over the sea and creates a tremendous surge of about 15 ft. this surge can travel inland with devastating force too and floods beaches and infrastructure just as much as a tsunami.
In Georgia we were lucky because the most we saw from this hurricane was heavy rain, high humidity, gray days. Fortunately we are A-OK.
My birds are not happy with having heavy rain so often but they adapt to any changes. Just like we humans have learned to adapt and be resilient, most likely that we learned from the birds, since they were on Earth eons before us.
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H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
Sempre bellissimo il tuo blog, arricchito di straordinarie immagini della natura
Un saluto,silvia
Silvia, hai sempre parole molto gentili per le mie foto. Grazie mille! 🙂
I’m glad that you, your family, and your back yard are safe.
Thanks so much K.! 🙂
I was watching the track, and thought about you. I’m glad you escaped any ill effects. Even a good friend in Charleston managed to get through it with no particular damage and no loss of power. As so often happens, the town she’d considered evacuating to was the town that got more damage than her home.
The birds do adapt. This weekend was the opening of dove and teal season here, and a lot of hunters were flummoxed by an absence of birds. There was so much rain — inches and inches — south of Interstate 10 that the birds just picked up and moved north. They aren’t any more fond of flooding rain than we are!
My next door neighbors just moved just a few months ago from Charleston and I was talking to him this morning, all his friends had evacuated. Wilmington as it this morning had 33 inches of rain in three days! Thank you very much Linda for sharing! 🙂
So very glad you didn’t see the worst of it! Your birds look lovely as ever! The eastern towhee in particular!
Thank you so much little doll Arbie! We lucked out, that includes my birds too! Thank you, was nice to hear from you again! 🙂
Sorry for your birds but glad you weren’t worse off.
The birds are very resilient creatures, I learned from them to be the same too! Thank you very much Susan! 🙂
So glad the hurricane’s winds have decreased dramatically, but you’re right about the rains, they are just as challenging for wildlife. So glad all is well down your way, you, your family, and your backyard friends!
Rain in quantity can become a nuisance that’s true. I feel fortunate not to have any hurricanes in my town. Thank you very much Donna! 🙂
Glad you escaped the devastation. Birds are indeed very resilient. But it’s hard to fly with wet feathers! 🙂
Thank you Lisa! 🙂
I am here after a gap of some days. Glad to know that the hurricane didn’t trouble you much!
Beautiful pictures as usual 🙂
Thank you Indira, I appreciate it! 🙂
Butterflies, they invite to jump!
To be light!
This image is like the both actions! =]
Very beautiful!
Birds and butterflies are like flying flowers! Thanks Urzre. 🙂
I’m glad you’re okay and that you just got heavy rains!
Gorgeous photos, as usual. 🙂
Thank you Jolene! 🙂
Glad it was not as bad as it could be HJ, thanks for the report on the hurricane as we were seeing it on our news. We are in drought and the birds are affected this year again, so much or too little rain affects our birds but by God’s grace they seem to survive and reproduce through it all. Enjoy the rest of your week 😊
Fortunately we just had heavy rain. My birds are still there to share their beauty. Thank you very much Ashley, have a great week too. 🙂
I am glad that the worst passed you by.
Yes! Thank you very much Tom! 🙂
Glad you escaped the worst of it HJ and that you and your birdies are OK. So much power in nature!
Thank you so much Chris! I appreciate your words. 🙂
I am glad you are ok, H.J., but the devastation Florence has wrought is horrible. And to think that these type of events are predicted to occur more frequently is not reassuring at all.
Thank you very much Tanja! 🙂
I am glad all is well with you and your family 🙂
Thank you very much Clare! I appreciate it! 🙂