2024 Tropical Weather Thread

I've had some bad luck lately. For Ida I had just adopted a puppy, and he was too young to be housebroken or have all his vaccinations, so he couldn't go anywhere.
This year the other puppy is in protocol for heartworm treatment - they're supposed to avoid exercise/exertion, so once again we couldn't go anywhere since the stress of the drive and new place/people/etc

Only reason I left for Katrina was I was not in a position to tell my mom I was staying. Ah to be young and "invincible" again

I had an eye doctor appointment set for 12:00 the Saturday before Katrina. They called around 10:00 to cancel. I was pissed because I couldn't figure out why they canceled. Then I turned on the news and found out why. The night before the last thing I heard was Bob Breck saying it was going to Florida.

We ended up evacuating to my wife's family in Alexandria, but only because I had a court appearance in Shreveport set for that Tuesday and I figured it would give me a head start for the trip while my wife visited family. Didn't think I wouldn't see my house again for over a month or that I would never live in that house again.