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season: early-fall
section: old names for storms
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the equinox gale. like its spring counterpart, it arrives when the seasons are changing hands. the wind shifts from south to north and brings the first real cold behind it. the old sailors feared the autumn equinox more than any other date.

a norther. the temperature drops thirty degrees in an hour. the sky turns grey-green. it is the first reminder that summer is something you had, not something you have.

the line squall. a wall of wind and rain that crosses the landscape like a curtain being drawn. you can watch it approach. the pressure drops and your ears pop. then it hits.

hurricane season peaks in september. the old coastal farmers watched the swell and the birds. when the pelicans move inland, you move with them. there is no arguing with a storm that has a name.