Thursday August 29, 2019
LAKELAND, Fla. – So, we’re sitting here in a hurricane watch and do not know if we will be able to travel on Monday, Labor Day in the U. S. That’s our departure to Europe and the start of a two-month journey to Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Israel and back to Athens. Plus, there is always the strong possibility to divert plans to other destinations.
There is a significant storm rushing across the Caribbean, and taking aim on the entire state of Florida. Our departure for Athens is slated for Monday night from Miami, and we have rented a car to drive to the airport. However, the forecast calls for the hurricane to take a direct hit on the eastern coast of Florida and not sure how Miami will be impacted. Our flight to Athens leaves from Miami and stops in Istanbul before heading on to Greece.
We’re flying Turkish airlines, and checked their web site for cancellation polices. As usual, the legalize is such that we’ll found out our options at the airport, and that’s assuming we make it that far. For now, news reports are ominous and the storm is scheduled to be significant.
Plus, our concerns double for Lindsay, our daughter here in Lakeland and where we are staying until our departure for Europe. If the storm is a major one, power and water are grave concerns and we have never experienced a hurricane before. The experience is novel on several levels and more challenging than we may believe. We need to stock up on water and non-perishables and wonder how she will survive.
Then again, the storm may not reach this far inland and the overall situation may not be as perilous as we think. We went through many snow storms but never encountered devastation to property and potential great loss of power in hot and humid Florida.
Now, we wait and hope!
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