It's Not Looking Good

This is how I spent my morning... 

I went to Publix, Target, Home Depot, Fresh Market and the gas station as I prepare the FTVLive World HQ for an unwelcome guest.

No, not Sean Hannity.....Hurricane Irma.

The storm is still on track to give us a direct hit. Many gas stations are out of fuel and finding water is like trying to find money for raises in a Nexstar budget. 

The gas station I stopped at was all messed up, the station was out of two grades and some guy that got gas locked his keys in his pickup truck and no one could get to the pumps. Hello, Florida. 

Target looked like it was black Friday, the bread aisle was as clean as Jim Cantore's head. 

Over at Fesh Market, people were buying kale and herbs and loaded them up in their Prius's.

Home Depot had less wood than porn night at the old folks home.

So, my morning trip was not very productive, but I did get enough food for the animals, a little bit of gas, sweet tea and some raw cookie dough.

So, I think I'm set.  

FTVLive Readies for Irma

Hurricane Irma is turning in the Atlantic and the people in Florida are not taking her lightly. 

In my 20 years+ in Florida and covering a number of Hurricanes, this is by far the first storm that I have watched the residents of Florida prepare for. You can't find a bottle of water and lines are long at the gas stations.

So often you see people just brush off the storm and the media hype, but not this time. With images of Harvey still fresh, Florida residents aren't messing around this time.

As for FTVLive?

The more trusted computer model has FTVLive dead in Irma's path. At this point, as Donald Trump would say, "It's not good."

We have moved the FTVLive Intern to a secure location, so when we lose power, he'll be able to fill in.

Rory, the cats and myself will ride out Irma and just hope she goes easy on us.

I was scared, but then I ran into Irma at the local Publix and she doesn't seem as mean as everyone makes her out to be (check the name tag). 

Now, let's do some news....