Just did actually. Took a nice nap earlier too. Power is flickering off occasionally, but mostly we have power. Wind damage is light so far in the neighborhood, but we will all have some repairs, mostly just downspouts and such. Next door neighbor lost top to his lenai.@Redress the winds are down to 145 mph. You can go outside for a smoke.
It's about to get worse as the backside pulls water into shore.
Good to hear that things in your neck of the woods are better then expected.
We are a long way from being out of the woods, but we are optimistic.
I prefer to be optimistic as well. Dwelling on the negatives of a situation doesn't help...especially when it comes to being smack-dab in the middle of a beast of a hurricane. It makes the pessimist, as well as those around him/her nervous and upset....emotions that are certainly NOT needed in that kind of an atmosphere.
Stay safe. I lived in Melbourne area for over 40 years and I remember the dread of waiting for it to hit, the cleanup and repairs afterward, the days without power.
That may well have been the wind speed offshore, but the recorded wind speeds have been quite a bit lower, below 100 mph. Science is about what you can measure.
No backpedaling I have been talking about the actual measured wind speeds
There is going to be an immense amount of damage and likely deaths. Much of the Gulf coast is not going to be recognizable.
It is not that bad, really. It sounds kinda bad, but not as bad as you would think. The bigger problem is trying to sleep through all the noise, but I have window open to get some little airflow, so things are louder. Next hurricane, little battery powered fan for sure.
