Barreling

As described earlier, this is the season for journalists to use words like "barreling" and "roared." There's a hurricane named Irene just off our coast and spinning past Georgia's beaches, or should I say: "roaring" past Georgia's beaches. It isn't as nasty as Andrew, but it still has a lot of potential to "wreak havoc" and cause a lot of misfortune for people in its path. To that end, Madison, Mommy and Daddy have been praying for people in this situation. Fortunately, it appears as if it will be a category 2 if and when it strikes land, which is much preferable to a category 5, obviously. Incidentally, this would be the first hurricane that Madison has been aware of, and this "monster" is so wide that it will affect us here - but nothing even close to the scale of other areas. It'll feel breezy here, basically - that's what we'll feel, according to meteorologists in the Atlanta area. We'll step outside and feel the tropical breeze - and hopefully that'll be the worst many others will feel in the coming days. Not so sure though...