Hurricane WILMA? They've got to be kidding me...

Who named that hurricane? That person should lose their hurricane-naming job. Ok, so maybe I'm a little bitter... But if my house is going to be taken out by a hurricane, the storm should not sound like a frail old woman.

Right now (Thursday morning) the storm is at about the same latitude as Ambergris Caye. We're hoping that it turns North because that causes the least amount of damage to the front of the island (and the reef). With hurricanes, the wind rotates counterclockwise and inwards toward the eye. So when they turn South of the island, we get the most damage in the front.

This is the second major hurricane scare of the year. My dad was just there to oversee construction on our house. The weather was perfect, but he left the island two days ago due to a tropical storm warning. He flew out of Belize yesterday, at which time a mandatory evacuation was issued for Ambergris Caye. Today, however, no planes or boats can leave the island because of the storm surge, so most people are stuck there. In the two major hurricanes that occured while I was in high school, San Pedro accumulated tons of horror stories. It's scary to think about the people - friends of my family - who are stuck there now.

But I know that God will work everything out for good. When Jesus calmed the storm, his disciples said, "Who is this? Even the wind and waves obey him!"

~Libz

Song of the day: "I Know Who You Are" - Ginny Owens