Hurricane Renee is building strength fast. In fact this is the fastest she's every built up. She is now hovering over the general Philli area. This is bad, very bad. Warm blasts from the south are pushing the jet stream up and feeding the storm. I fear for those in her path. Already she has made a showing at a PA rest stop. Apparently she is leaving live turkey's in the debris. You read that right. Turkey's. Seriously, I was on the phone with Renee while she stopped in PA. I heard people begin to gather near her and talk. Then Renee started talking back to them. General chaos began to ensue. Through the commotion I intermittently heard words along the lines of "turkey", "it's not mine", "it came out of your car", "ferrets". The scene intensified. Now, before I tell you what happened, you have to get the full visual here. This woman drives a white SUV, with every inch of it packed with goodies and "stuff". The ferrets have all of the space in the back. So when she rolls into somewhere, you see all of these adorable ferret faces peeking out of the windows and "stuff" piled a mile high in others. When she opens the door, the "stuff" falls out everywhere as she exits the car. If you are within ear shot, you get your ears full of a loud greeting and laughter. If you are within an arms length you might find "stuff" in your arms. The sort of things that can constitute "stuff" can be anything from a collapsible water container for camping, books, biscotti, to ... anything. Back to the turkey. After people got their eyes full after Renee pulled up and after she went into the rest stop, a huge live turkey emerged from under her car. When Renee came out, said turkey was walking around her car gobbling. And people were telling her that her turkey escaped. Renee kept telling them it was not her turkey and that it was wild (there were woods near by). They did not believe her because that they were at a rest stop in a highly populated area so near Philli. I suppose if you own a ferret you'd own anything in some peoples minds. Renee told them her car had ferrets, but no turkeys. The people seemed to be quite alarmed, but Renee told them "it was okay". Now for those of you who have ever spoken with Renee in person or on the phone will get that joke. Renee ends every thought with, "And that's okaaaaay" with a long southern draw. According to this woman, if magical elves were about to use a unicorns front gold tooth to grow 'shrooms in mass to drug our already confused government leaders, she'd no doubt say, "it'll be okaaay. This can be a good thing, ya know?" And she'd go on to explain to you all of the good things that could come out of that and all of the ways the bad things about it could probably be handled. An asteroid flying through space zeroed in on your home and about to pulverize it? "That's okay". Renee can make you believe anything will be okay. And you know what I learned from her in all seriousness? She's right. Back to our weather forecast. The estimated path of the hurricane will lead it to Ohio by late tonight where it is predicted to create great devastation. A low pressure system up north is predicted to collide with the storm, however, and alter the path of destruction so that it will then travel towards the Southeast. Okay this is where things get dangerous. By this point, the hurricane should be at full strength and register as a category 5 storm. I will keep sending updates and possible video/images of the devastation. Wolfy ps, for those of you worried about the turkey, Renee watched it drink lots of water and then start to head back home. "And it was okay.." [Posted in FML 5794]