Hurricane a-comin'...

So, for those of you who may have been in a cave for the past few days, there is a massive hurricane churning in the ocean, and it's headed straight for your good friend, Jen.

Again.

Yup, we Floridians are pretty well-versed in hurricane-speak. Phrases like "hunker down," "storm surge" and "cone of probability" are all too common-knowledge here.

We also know all the basics of preparedness. If fact, most of us start sounding like a how-to pamphlet every June.

We know it all so well, we could be experts, and, whether we should or not, we tend to treat hurricane threats with a high degree of complacency. Kind of a "been there, done that" outlook, if you will.

But this isn't most hurricanes.

Hurricane Wilma has a number of features foreign to even the most-experienced weather-watchers here. For starters, it's late-October, which is an unusually late time in the season to be experiencing these storms.

According to meteorologists here (and you're talking to someone who's interviewed them, so I have the inside scoop), the same thing that is going to weaken the storm is going to push it right into Southwest Florida. In October, cold fronts tend to drift farther south, which weakens the storms, but also causes them to drift northeast, right into us.

But that's not the worst of the news.

As of Wednesday, Wilma took a historic leap from a low Category 2 storm to the strongest Category 5 in recorded history.

I don't care if you're Jim Cantore or if you've been through every hurricane ever to pounce the state -- this is a big deal.

For those of you concerned about my safety, you should know that I plan to be perfectly safe -- in a military plane which will fly me directly into the storm.

At 2 a.m. Friday night/ Saturday morning, I will be with a team of meteorologists and pilots, and we will head to the eye of the storm to scope out its progress to report it to the rest of the world. So, for the duration of the flight, I will be among the most knowledgable people in the world regarding Hurricane Wilma.

And shortly after touchdown Saturday night, you will be too. As long as you are a loyal blog reader...

Wish me luck!