The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Let them go! Let them go!

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[HairOfTheDog]

Then we could send her on a "Flat Ruthy" tour...

I would love that!

[RMDupree]

hehehehe...

Disturbing!

[JenB]

Depends what is flat

I would love flat lower tummy.

[Peanut Gallery]

Apparently, I was a hurricane last year and before that in 1998. Those are the years of my children's births. Hmmm...

[HairOfTheDog]

Interesting ;~D

[JenB]

I was one in 2003!

[ecurbh]

Hmmmm... flatruthy.com is available.

[HairOfTheDog]

~chuckling~

[RosieCotton]

Heh...

[Corin Stormhands]

The flat Hobbit knows. She's always watching...

[RMDupree]

*sticking my tongue out at all of you!*

We are now officially under a hurricane watch. ~sigh~

It'll be a Cat2 when it hits. Mark my words.

[HairOfTheDog]

Really? It's really getting stronger?

[Corin Stormhands]

Projecting it to be a Cat1 when it hits land.

[HairOfTheDog]

well, prayers for you and Sam.... ~taps fingers nervously~

[RMDupree]

It's moving really slow. 8MPH as of last advisory.

The water temp is close to "soup" because it's been so steamy hot lately.

If this thing doesn't speed up soon, it will strengthen more than they expect.

Andrew went from a Cat3 to Cat5 in a matter of hours just offshore from us.

[Corin Stormhands]

Take care of yourself. And get out of there if you have to.

The heck with payrolls.

[Sam Cree]

Yeah, I can imagine I'll be carrying plywood tomorrow. The thing is increasing its latitude, the more she does that, the better I like it...appears to be centered in the central Tongue of the Ocean right now, a body of water 110 nautical miles east of here with depths of 13,000 feet, surrounded on all sides by water of about 12 feet.

There she is on current Miami radar.

[RMDupree]

I'm not as worried about the wind as I am about the rain.

There is a real possibility that I'll be stuck in my house until the water recedes. It gets deep where I live because it used to be Everglades. :-P

And we'll have no power for at least 48 hours.

I want to get out, but it's too short notice to go anywhere really.

[RMDupree]

Here's hoping she stays weak and hits above us!

[Sam Cree]

Satellite photograph of the Tongue of the Ocean, it's the dark blue body of water just east of the large island, Andros. The entire Tongue is something on the order of 60 plus nautical miles in length. Have done some fishing in it at times in the past, it's legendary.

Next body of deep water over is Exuma Sound, then the open Atlantic.