boom or bust

bust ... snap!

Actually good news for the coastal communities.

I think.

Unless you own a hospitality business.

Hermine (her-'mean) stayed off the coast, and only caused a few lost "summer" days over a holiday weekend.

Hermine - the storm that couldn't....

at least for our area, most are breathing a sigh of relief.

winds will have shifted by the time of closest approach... so everyone is exhaling a bit while we wait for this to pass out of the region: