Some  other folks are seeing a bit more of Fay than I am.  Visit Two Nervous Dogs and Primordial Slack. Joan, unlike me, can figure out how to get video uploaded.

Then there’s GuyK who may see some more of  Fay.

I drove in to work on JTB this morning without incident.  The rain seems to have caused less flooding than a good afternoon thunderstorm.  The wind was in gusts, but didn’t really affect my driving. Of course, I wasn’t trying to drive 75mph like some idiots were doing.

Power in town and in the Florida Power and Light areas is off in many places.  At the beach, my power’s been of for a total of about three hours.

The TV people and politicians are still at about 90% panic level.

I spent some period of time trying to upload video of wind buffeted palm trees and stop signs, but the Word Press video uploaded doesn’t seem to work correctly.  Oh, well.

One tragedy here at the Jacksonville Beaches – some tourists from Indiana decide to go swimming in the heavy surf and a 21-year old woman drowned.

Otherwise, those of us who’ve lived through much more serious blows are wandering around almost like normal.  So long and you don’t need to drive on a flooded street and don’t try to swim, it’s not really a big deal here.

A man and his dog unphased by Fay

Tropical Storm Fay is still off the coast and not moving much, but the wind is picking up at Jacksonville Beach.  It’s still not strong enough to deter all beach goers, though.

There are reports of rogue alligators terrorizing Melbourne, where the streets are flooded by all the rain.

Here on the First Coast, the most terrifying thing is the politicians frantically telling us not to panic as they interrupt television at least once an hour.