The tropics are going nuts this week. With Tropical Storm Christobal off the North Carolina coast that is doing pretty much nothing but kicking up some large surf, to now Tropical Storm Dolly that just passed over the Cancun area of Mexico and now heading into the Gulf of Mexico where it may turn into a cat one or cat two hurricane.
My Thoughts. Why, I’m trying to move this week up to St. Cloud and why does this have to happen this week? Fucking Murpheys Law…
Next Thought, not saying anything bad about Mexico but if the storm hits Mexico, nobody in the press will care that much. How many shows have been produced about Hurricane Dean that hit Mexico back in 2007 or Hurricane Wilma back in 2005. Pretty much nothing except for a few B-Roll clips but for the most part it was nadda.
Now if Tropical Storm Dolly turns into hurricane Dolly and hits the US Coast, well then we may have a story.
The first problems with Dolly is timing. Is Dolly going to come in during the day or night. The latest forecast tracks show that Dolly will more then likely be a night storm which means you can’t really see anything for video.
Next is where it is suppose to hit on the latest 10AM NHC Forecast Track.

The forecast track for Dolly is in the evening hours of Wednesday, that is just 2 days from now with it moving west north west at 18 miles per hour. This storm will be over in a blink of an eye when it hits land at that speed.
And now the other major issue with chasing Dolly. Where it is going to hit. The middle of a Ranch in Texas.
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What, the middle of the ranch? Yes, the middle of nowhere in Texas is where the latest forecast is taking this storm. Look it up and you will see that from Brownsville Texas to Corpus Christi Texas there is nothing for the storm to hit. There is no coastal road to travel on to refine the position like in Florida or along the upper gulf coast. Matter of fact the only real road is Highway 77 that is over 15 miles away from the coast line. One could take road which will be locked down to South Padre Island or Port Mansfield but I doubt anyone will be able to get into those areas.
This looks like the perfect storm to hit the United States as it will hurt more Cattle then anything else along the coast line. Now the flooding that comes from this storm, that could be a whole different problem.
Right now, I am on standby to head to Texas tomorrow but it now is looking more like I will be staying put for the next 24 hours.