Subtropical Storm Beryl?

So what the heck is a "subtropical" storm?  According to the Weather Channel, it has more thunderstorm activity farther from its center than a tropical storm, and the strongest winds are away from its center.   Wonderful.   So I guess I should hope it hits us smack on here in Savannah?

A check of the NOAA forecast shows this;

TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT

TODAY
N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 FT THIS
AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT...BUILDING
TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS UNTIL EARLY
MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS LATE.

SUN
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT.
GUSTS UP TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT... BUILDING TO 12 FT
IN THE AFTERNOON. TSTMS LIKELY. SHOWERS LIKELY.

SUN NIGHT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E WINDS 30 TO 40 KT
WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SHOWERS LIKELY. TSTMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF
TSTMS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

MON
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WITH
GUSTS TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A
CHANCE OF TSTMS. SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TUE
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

WED
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP
TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

MARINERS ARE REMINDED THAT WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE HIGHER IN AND
NEAR TSTMS.

I get a kick out of how NOAA posts the forecast in all capital letters.   On Al Gore's internets, it's considered yelling.  Suffice to say that NO ONE SHOULD GO ANYWHERE!  BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!  RUN AWAY!  RUN AWAY!

So my plans today (Saturday) include moving all the small, loose things from outside the boat to inside,  laying the bicycles down on the deck so they don't fall, and doubling up on our dock lines.  I will also fill our 400 gallon water tank to make the boat heavier so it doesn't bob as much in the waves.

Sometimes it's fun to sit on the dock and watch the passersby, which is what I did yesterday afternoon while waiting for Pamela to get home from work.  I took my camera.   Here are a few photos just to give you an idea of life on the Skidaway River at Isle of Hope.

This guy was looking for a place to anchor.  Nope.

He didn't like it there, so he tried the other side of the marina.

I'm often amazed at the poor design of some boats, and the lack of storage for something like fenders.

Oysters on a dock piling.

Ben and my favorite dog to photograph- Jimmy Chew Choo.

A kid going way too fast past the marina.   Speed limit 5 MPH.  Dang kids.

I wish you were a police dog.  Git 'em!

Maybe I'm just a bit crabby.

Albatross finally wedged himself in the anchorage.

Pamela brought home shrimp for dinner. 

Megan doesn't care for seafood and hit up McDonalds.  

The dogs prefer McDonalds to shrimp.

Sammy making one of his daily rounds.

On a final note, I've mentioned that I've been studying photography online.  There is a weekly photo contest that I've been entering for a couple of months now.   This week's assignment is "headshot".  So far, all of the entries have been very nice, but dull, stuff like you'd find in a high school yearbook.  Headshots of grandkids, wives and girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends, etc. 

I couldn't decide how to approach this assignment.  Then I started thinking of what headshots are used for- portfolios of actors and actresses, models, business professionals, etc.  What if you were a character actor who mainly portrayed crazy people?   Or what if you were just crazy?  Shouldn't you have a headshot photo to send to grandma? 

Here are a couple of my better ones.

And this is the one I submitted.

Some people have commented that looking crazy comes a little too easy to me.