Florida Sea Base News

The National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, the Weather Channel and Weather Underground agree that what was Hurricane Rina no longer poses a threat to the Florida Sea Base.  The NWS forecast still calls for some messy weather, but this is not associated with Rina.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. East wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny and breezy, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny and breezy, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

This means that Captain Rich and I no longer have an urgent need to make our way back to the Florida Sea Base.  I will essentially revert to my original plan to work my way from Southeast Texas to Lady Lake, Florida and then to Orlando on Tuesday morning to attend the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association trade show.  My first appointment is at 1400 Tuesday and I have a very hectic schedule through Saturday.  (Captain Dennis Wyatt is going to meet me at DEMA Saturday for a fun filled day!)

My plan for today is to spend the morning with my folks and then drive east, probably to Gulfport, MS.  I am towing a trailer back which is having a significant negative impact on my fuel mileage.  So I will slow down some to see if I can get a little of that back.  With trailer in tow I’m only getting about 30 mpg.  1,200 miles divided by 30 mpg = 40 gallons.  Forty gallons at $3.50 per gallon is $140 in gas.  (When I was in college gas was about $0.25/gallon.  I have paid as little as $0.10/gallon when corner stations would have “gas wars”.  That’s why the call it “the good old days”.  I have been paying $2.999 this past week, but expect the price to be higher along the interstate.

I will try to post something tomorrow morning.

Capt. Steve Willis
Leaving the Mother Country