Hurricane Season...

Living on a barrier island in Florida, although great for beach access... isn't the safest place to be during hurricane season...
Barrier islands are protection barriers changing all the time.
The pic is of SV Athena getting set for potential hurricanes...
extra dock lines, dinghy tied down, and sails and canvas all down below.
Summer in Florida isn't necessarily the greatest time to live aboard. It's hot, humid, and stressful...
if you worry about hurricanes that is ;)
There were a few that put me on notice this season, and one that caused a little more stress than I'd like to admit. I wasn't too comfortable with the sturdiness of the dock system, nor the neighbor's ability to tie their large floating condo...
First fear was hurricane Fay, which was predicted at one point to come our way...
tied and sprung out from dock, Peppermint Patty and I took stock.
To stay or to go. With the predicted path heading our way, we decided to stay.
got a room in the motel and waited for the swell.
That night the hurricane took a turn, and walked across Goodland, where we use to live.
when one lives on a boat, and a hurricane is coming, it's much easier to reflect on how everything could be lost in one swoop, and what that might be like.
A good practice for remembering impermanence. Everything can change in an instant.
Year 2008 also brought us what I like to call Hurricane "yIKEs"
The waves on the beach after some of these gulf coast touching storms were amazing and beautiful.
We all felt a sigh of relief when the first "cool" front of the season came in late September. cool fronts are always a good sign. they have a tendency to keep away or break up potential hurricanes. the Gulf also cooled quite quickly this fall with a relatively cold cold front early in the fall season.