by scottd | Sep 4, 2010 | Hurricane Earl, weather
That’s for Earl, who turned out to be more ego than power. Scattered heavy rain, no wind, heavy surf on the East End of our beautiful Island home. But nothing else. Luckily, I long ago got used to the doom-and-gloom forecasters and learned to ignore the...
by scottd | Sep 3, 2010 | Hurricane Earl, Kismet series, Kismet's Angel, Kismet's Salvation, The Wild Rose Press, word origins
Hurricane Earl’s heading our way. Stay safe and dry if you live on the eastern coast of the U.S.The term, “batten down the hatches” is nautical in origin. Batten, on the sea, means to secure or tie down. And hatches are the doorways leading from one...
