My Uncle Tommy taught me how to read the sky in Ireland and it served me well during Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Anytime a hurricane headed there, I would look for Goats Hair in the sky, a wispy patch of clouds that look like the underbelly of a goat... about three or four days before. If it was only in the East or West, I knew it would pass by.. If it covered the sky everywhere I knew we had to move and move only until the sky was clear. We stayed in Kissimmee although many others went up to Orlando. Not a peep or sound of a storm there, but returned to the horror of Hurricane Andrew a few days later. I lost our Ylang Ylang tree that was young enough to put back up! The house was safe, hibiscus hedges wrecked, oak trees safe, and fixed furniture had disappeared from the dock. We did have an addition of a huge Iguana we called Iggy, that took up residence under a Seagrape tree... like a magnificent prehistoric beast which lived with us, and produced loads of baby iguanas at a later date. *** Be safe, Catherine.
What an interesting way to predict the weather! I missed Andrew. I wasn't living in Florida at the time. I am glad to hear that your house was safe. Andrew was a brute. I was surprised how strong Helene was. It was fairly far out in the Gulf, but managed to do damage just about everywhere it seems. I hate to think what would have happened if it tracked any closer than it did. These days, the state is so over populated it is hard to find a place to escape to. I read something that said "You need to evacuate early, and no later than when the order is given. Moving people in Lee County takes quite some time, up to 41 hours, and that time only increases once you leave the county. It can take up to 89 hours to evacuate out of SW Florida simply because of infrastructure. " Yes, you can easily become a sitting duck. I guess I will look for Goat's hair in the sky in the future.
They are very wispy clouds that look like sweeps of wind-blown hair... and always precedes a wind storm...usually with water too. They can appear in a blue sky about three or four days beforehand.***
My Uncle Tommy taught me how to read the sky in Ireland and it served me well during Hurricane Andrew in Florida. Anytime a hurricane headed there, I would look for Goats Hair in the sky, a wispy patch of clouds that look like the underbelly of a goat... about three or four days before. If it was only in the East or West, I knew it would pass by.. If it covered the sky everywhere I knew we had to move and move only until the sky was clear. We stayed in Kissimmee although many others went up to Orlando. Not a peep or sound of a storm there, but returned to the horror of Hurricane Andrew a few days later. I lost our Ylang Ylang tree that was young enough to put back up! The house was safe, hibiscus hedges wrecked, oak trees safe, and fixed furniture had disappeared from the dock. We did have an addition of a huge Iguana we called Iggy, that took up residence under a Seagrape tree... like a magnificent prehistoric beast which lived with us, and produced loads of baby iguanas at a later date. *** Be safe, Catherine.
What an interesting way to predict the weather! I missed Andrew. I wasn't living in Florida at the time. I am glad to hear that your house was safe. Andrew was a brute. I was surprised how strong Helene was. It was fairly far out in the Gulf, but managed to do damage just about everywhere it seems. I hate to think what would have happened if it tracked any closer than it did. These days, the state is so over populated it is hard to find a place to escape to. I read something that said "You need to evacuate early, and no later than when the order is given. Moving people in Lee County takes quite some time, up to 41 hours, and that time only increases once you leave the county. It can take up to 89 hours to evacuate out of SW Florida simply because of infrastructure. " Yes, you can easily become a sitting duck. I guess I will look for Goat's hair in the sky in the future.
They are very wispy clouds that look like sweeps of wind-blown hair... and always precedes a wind storm...usually with water too. They can appear in a blue sky about three or four days beforehand.***
I am going to share this with all my hurricane buddies. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, wow. I hope you stay safe!
Thanks! I hope so too. Kind of getting tired of hurricanes :-)
Reading the news this morning. This storm has sure ruined a lot of lives.