The Trouble With Larry

First, the good news: Hurricane Larry is not going to hit the American Northeast or Nova Scotia.

The bad news? Its going to hit Newfoundland Island's Avalon Peninsula, which includes North America's easternmost city - St. John's. 

This is the National Hurricane Center's hurricane map from 8:00 A.M. Atlantic Standard Time (which is the same as Eastern Daylight Time) this morning.  The National Hurricane Center has been very consistent in is projections for where this storm will go, and St. John's continues to be in its path.  And it looks like it will not only maintain its strength, it will retain its tropical characteristics.

This is climate change in action.  Newfoundland has had hurricanes before, but never a major hurricane, and Larry could be at least a Category 3 storm when it hits St. John's.  The city, the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, is not very big, and it's considerably remote.  There could be a lot of destruction from this.

And by the way, the good news that it won't affect the Northeast comes with a steep caveat.  Hurricane Larry is going to be steered away by a cold front that, ironically, will today bring more rain and also more thunderstorms with damaging winds through New Jersey and New York - two states that don't need any more rain and have trees that a mile-a-minute gust from a thunderstorm can knock down quite easily, thanks to the saturated ground. 

Especially in my part of New Jersey, where I'm on the edge of a slight-risk zone.

Enough is too much. 😓 😩