It was a dark and stormy afternoon.
Up here in Michigan it’s been unseasonably warm. I’m loving it. In the 80s today, tomorrow’s high will be in the 50s. I guess all good things must end.
Our trees are starting to change into their fall fashions.
The changing weather created an interesting sky and I ran over to a local park to watch.
A tree stands alone.
Our weather is, however, nothing at all compared to what’s happening in Florida, Georgia and Alabama right now.
It’s a beautiful park.
Hurricane Michael, roaring up from the Gulf is going to go right over the top of most of my siblings. They live many miles from the coast, but this storm isn’t slowing down even now that it’s reached land.
This is the museum and banquet center.
They’re hunkered down and I’m sure all will be well.
But all of that weather sure makes me appreciate my relatively calm Michigan skies up here.
Change Is Hard 
October 10, 2018 at 7:11 pm
I am here in the FL Panhandle and Michael struck to the east of me. Three hours away by car, but the damage to the part of old Florida is awful. Heading onto the mainland, it is still going strong. My heart breaks for everyone’s loss. I hope your siblings are OK.
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October 10, 2018 at 8:05 pm
I think it’s east of Columbus GA now…I think 2 of them dodged a bullet. The other one is in Charlotte NC.
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October 10, 2018 at 8:15 pm
PS: Lois…I hope you and yours are OK.
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October 10, 2018 at 9:06 pm
Thanks, Dawn. That shift to the east put us in the clear. Sadly, not for the other part of the Panhandle.
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October 10, 2018 at 9:10 pm
I know. It looks bad.
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October 11, 2018 at 10:55 am
We’re so lucky to be out of the path of hurricanes. When I lived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I went through several, and it wasn’t fun, especially the cleanup afterwards. Oh, and the inconvenience of power outages and debris everywhere. Prayers that your family is okay and that the thing will wear itself out before doing too much damage. Lovely shots here, Dawn!
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October 11, 2018 at 7:49 pm
The two hunkered down at the Alabama/Georgia line dodged a bullet when it went slightly south and east of them. The one (and his family) in Charlotte just got rain. We were lucky. This hurricane looks like a tornado to me, moved so fast and left such destruction even when it was past the water. Seems like people didn’t have time to get ready like they usually do with a hurricane. That felt like a tornado too.
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October 11, 2018 at 11:25 am
Beautiful pictures. Hope all your friends and family are safe.
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October 11, 2018 at 7:50 pm
So far I think everyone I know is OK. But oh there was a lot of destruction! I’m lucky all my friends and family ended up outside of the worst of it.
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October 13, 2018 at 7:08 am
Hurricane Michael ushered in cooler weather. This Alabama summer was miserably humid and I’m rejoicing in the 46’F nights!!!
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October 13, 2018 at 8:58 am
That seems pretty cold for down there!
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October 14, 2018 at 8:47 am
Beautiful images. I hope Michael wasn’t too destructive to your people. What a terrible storm he turned out to be.
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