I've not said anything about Hurricane Irene as it will have zero impact here at ACA To the contrary, we'll be in the zone of subsidence and northerly breezes, and Saturday's forecast looks wonderful with highs only in the 70s. I'm heading to Charlotte later today to help out with coverage....looks like a landfall very close to Cape Lookout (Morehead City, etc.) early Saturday (UPDATE: came ashore @ 7:30am at Cape Lookout) . Doesn't look too good for the northeast if the track has it hugging the coast on Sunday. Ugh.
And now for a gratuitous dawn shot from my deck earlier this week...click to enlarge if you like...
Got a call last weekend from Linda Hughes that David had seen a bobcat walking up Staymon and not acting quite right. Rabies is alive and well in Haywood County, and one of the tell tale signs of a rabid animal is seeing it out in the open when you rarely if ever would. While foxes, raccoons, skunks, and bats are commonly affected, any mammal is fair game. Haven't heard anymore about it, but I wanted to let everyone to keep an eye out for something such as this, especially for those who have dogs that roam the woods. Too, a rabid animal can get aggressive and try to attack a human under the right circumstances. Just good ol' FYI.
bob
Hi Bob and everybody...Thanks for the update. The picture from your deck made me homesick. We're back in the lower 48 currently packing for Santa Fe to see family. Back to Bellingham and a long drive home. Still having fun!
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