Day of the Great Roots, 12th of Fall, 525 M.E. (Castor): What concerns me about Erin isn't her trajectory. The Gulf Stream, that great protector of North America's east coast, is carrying her off onto the Atlantic, away from these shores. She won't make landfall here.

What concerns me about Erin is the speed with which she practically exploded into a Class 5 hurricane. The ocean waters are so warm that a tropical depression became a major hurricane within 24 hours time. Even if Erin won't land here, that thermal energy could fuel the next storm, and we may not get so lucky regarding trajectory.

Already, a tropical wave located over the eastern Atlantic is producing showers and thunderstorms, and environmental conditions suggest a tropical depression could form toward the end of the week. The system is moving westward across the Atlantic in almost the exact same path as Erin, and once it hits that warm water off the Leeward Islands that fueled Erin, it could likewise develop into something big. 

Will the Gulf Stream save us again? Or did Erin sap all the current's energy, leaving us vulnerable to what comes next? Or will this next storm be powerful enough to cross the Gulf Stream or what's left of it and make landfill on the southeast coast? 

Paranoia during hurricane season. I sit and look out upon the ocean and all the tempests of the sea.