Well, it happened again.
I hope wherever this update finds you, you are safe and your recovery process is getting started following Helene , a storm that stands with any of the worst hurricane disasters in U.S. history.
The scope of the destruction , particularly in two places dear to my heart, the Big Bend and western North Carolina , is immense and difficult to comprehend, even as my home of Tallahassee has — again — escaped the very worst of a major hurricane by a hair’s breadth.
At some point, I’m going to write something to try to put Helene into its proper meteorological and historical context. To be honest, I simply can’t do it right now. I need time and space.
However, I do want to weigh in briefly on something more pressing after hearing from so many of you by email: the potential for another round of tropical development in the Caribbean and Gulf in the next week.
I’ve been monitoring this possibility for a few days but haven’t said anything, simply because I didn’t want to unnecessarily alarm the already traumatized with something that had a low probability of happening.