Cliff notes recap, Damn it Dorian

Despite having off through Labor Day I don’t have tons of time to punch out a detailed recap of my week, most of which was spent up in the Orlando area for another work related conference.  The conference was attended by various staff from all of the Florida Tax Collectors so it was a big deal.  Despite a lot of the content being tech related, this is the first time someone from our department has gone to this event in at least a decade, maybe longer.

I picked up a lot of good info and got to speak with various vendors that sell products and services that we use or will be using in the future.  The hotel was incredible, I swear it was close to a 1/4 mile walk from the elevator to my room, it was that big.  I took advantage of the full service gym, getting a couple workouts in.  Most of our meals were paid for and a couple events had an open bar.  I took advantage of that one night but not the other as I felt gross and hung over.

Once again I got up and back on pure electrons, the Tesla performed great, requiring only a brief 30 minute stop at the Sarasota super charger on the way up and back.  The more I take the car on longer trips the more I think we could do a cross country road trip in the Model 3 without much hassle.

So of course while I was at the conference I heard about Dorian but it was so far away that there was no real concern.  With each passing day however Florida has become more and more of an apparent target, albeit the east coast.  The initial predictions had a much more central impact point where as the last couple days that track had started to sink south which was enough to trigger mass panic in our area.  Despite us being three to four days out from whatever the end result is, people are in full blown panic mode, mobbing gas and grocery stores.  A number of gas stations are dry, already.

The consensus at this point which of course can always change, is when Dorian hits the east coast it will in short order start heading northward, which is good for us, not great for the people on the east coast.  The other favorable situation is the most dangerous side of a hurricane is the east side, being a west coaster is good with Dorian’s trajectory.  The approach is going to be slow so I really can just sort of wait until Sunday and evaluate then if more is required than making sure all loose objects around the yard are properly secured, including the chickens.

I did get out on the 16X for a ride today, during it I talked about Dorian and how people react to hurricanes in Florida.