Archive | September 2017

3 Hurricanes at Once, 1st time since 2010

Sep7

Hurricane Katia Is Expected To Strengthen in the Southern Gulf of Mexico; Hurricane Warnings Issued

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-depression-thirteen-tropical-storm-katia

The tiny Caribbean islands ravaged by Hurricane Irma are in trouble — and begging for help

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/09/07/the-tiny-islands-ravaged-by-hurricane-irma-are-in-trouble-and-begging-for-help/?utm_term=.18ae648f897c

There are three hurricanes in the Atlantic on Thursday morning. Katia is in the southern Gulf, Irma is moving north of Hispaniola and Jose is east of the Leeward Islands. All three storms pose a threat to land. (National Weather Service)

Jose Rapidly Intensified into a Category 1 Hurricane in the Atlantic; Could Threaten the Lesser Antilles This Weekend

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-storm-hurricane-jose-forecast-atlanticJose Current Storm Info

Hopefully, Jose will stay over water and won’t cause too much havoc, though the islands that Irma hit may get more. Katia will be hitting Mexico. My prayers go out to all in the path of the storms.

One of the women in the Neighbors site said that they’ve been without power for 10 days with another 9 days of no power predicted in our area in Texas still. So we really couldn’t afford another hurricane right now. Even ponds haven’t gone down that much, and we had river flood warnings for some area still. I was surprised at that!

Many even in our area are getting estimates for damage repairs, or having contractors come in to repair the damage. One thing that a Katrina victim said was that after money they put into repairing the house after the New Orleans catastrophe, they should have just torn the house down, because they still have issues a decade later.

They’re still not certain where Irma will hit when it makes landfall over the U.S.

Good luck to all in the path of the storms.

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Our grocery store yesterday. Mostly stocked, but bread and butter had a lot of empty shelves also.

I’ve got a sick baby to take care of again, soooo off to do so.

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Hurricane Irma

Sep6

All I can say is what a mess the next hurricane could create, and praying everyone in the path stays safe.

In the meantime, I need to restock on food and I hope that the grocery stores are back to normal. The gas stations have had a lot of covers over the pump. No gas.

The USS Kearsarge and USS Oak Hill, which were headed to provide relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, are staying off the east coast of southern Florida for the next few days — out of the path of Irma — awaiting a decision as to whether they will they proceed to Texas or be ready to help with Irma, according to a military official.Ryder also told CNN that Air Force search and rescue teams that were assisting in Texas have “returned to their home stations to recover and prepare for a potential response to Hurricane Irma.” http://www.cnn.com/…/key-west-navy-evacuation-hu…/index.html

Prayers go out to all that face the wrath of Hurricane Irma.

US Navy to evacuate 5,000 ahead of Hurricane Irma
The US military has ordered the evacuation of over five thousand personnel from a Naval Air Station in Florida in preparation for Hurricane Irma.
cnn.com

Orange and Teal in Photoshop

Sep5

 

Isle of Skye at Sunset

The original, and converting colors to change it to orange and teal.

I love aqua waters. The real kind. They’re beautiful. And I kept seeing articles about how orange and teal colors appeal in movies so much and then on book covers, I thought I’d experiment. It’s easy to do if you have Photoshop, and I’m sure with other programs too. There are lots of great tutorials on it.

This one is great.

 

And there you have it. An orange and teal world at your fingertips.

Have a great orange and teal day. 🙂

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Curiosity of a Child

Sep4

Everything is a curiosity when you’re little.

Aren’t you still curious about life in general?

Have a great day.

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Realty to Fantasy

Sep3

I create stories, some based on some realty, and some made up. My world is as real as can be, just add some wolf shifters, jaguar shifters, bear shifters, or cougar shifters in and you’ve got a fantastical world.

But oftentimes those worlds are based on true happenings, lots of research and sometimes just a kernel of an idea from something on the news or in real life.

In Howling for a Highland Wolf, I really was in the Cayman Islands, and really did see all the banks with doors and that was all, the man wearing the dark suit standing in the lobby, a briefcase chained to his wrist.

In another Highland wolf story, I was at the castle ruins that is the heroine’s.

So when I went to drop off dog treats, toys, leashes, flea medicine, and towels at a neighbor’s house so he and his wife could deliver them where they were working at an animal shelter due to Hurricane Harvey, I had the perfect image. Setup: Wife is on the driveway talking on her phone. Cell phones don’t work in the houses very well, so a lot of folks have to go outside to talk on their cell phones. Something in the roofs that protect from the heat of the sun. See? More little tidbits for a story.

I drive up, and she’s looking at me like who are you. And I ask if they’re the ones collecting stuff for the shelter.

“Yes! I’ll get my husband.”

I wasn’t sure why she needed to get her husband. There were two large bags of supplies, and I carried one and then the other to their car. Out comes the husband. In boxer shorts.

Sculpted chest, tall, shoeless, great legs, and a big smile. I mean, I’m a romance author, right? So immediately, I’m thinking of a wolf story.  Boxers and a smile. I told my acquisitions editor. She told me if I think of the story, she’ll publish it. lol

Okay, so it’s been bad in the Houston and surrounding areas. Along our main road, the cleanup continues. All of the businesses on one side of the road are on lower ground and were flooded. On the opposite side, higher ground, so their runoff added to their across-the-road neighbors’ flooding issues. The road was under water also.

Here is what happened to one man when he returned to his flooded home:

Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman’s Office responded to an intruder call at a residence near Lake Houston. Upon arrival, deputies were met by a large alligator who made his way into this flooded home. Constables will soon be delivering the alligator back into his natural habitat.

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The alligator was returned to his home, and now the poor house owner has to start his cleanup.

We were very fortunate. No flooding, except for areas of the yard, and no alligators. That we’ve seen. Yet.

Hope your day goes well.

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Late…Late…Late

Sep1

I received an email from the journalist who is writing the story on me for the university that I received my graduate degree from and so I was in the middle of responding to her when someone knocks on the door.

I figure it’s my battery operated radio I ordered for the storm, that still hasn’t arrived. That’s okay. I’ll be all set when we have another. Though hopefully we won’t have anything this bad again. I keep saying this because the flooding last year wasn’t supposed to have happened either.

It wasn’t the delivery man! My daughter showed up with baby and wanted to take a walk as she’s going stir crazy. Man, was it hot out. And muggy. And hot. We walked nearly 4 miles.

On the walk, we saw a great white heron, an impassable walkway for the baby in her buggy, toadstools, and a maintenance guy was going around to all the trash receptacles and letting out all the water in them.

Then we went to a restaurant that was open, just to get out. She’s going back to work early to deal with deliveries of food to her school district, but the kids and rest of the staff won’t be starting back until the 11th.  Too many staff members were affected by the flooding.

We donated to an animal shelter last night, and I just learned one of our local authors lost everything in the flood, so off to donate for her.

Hope your day is great!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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