Glad to hear this Invest probably won't be a problem as this town is a serious mess right now from Milton causing such an unprecedented level of flooding here. I definitely now have personal proof that the category of the storm doesn't mean that lower doesn't mean it can't be more catastrophic. The much more powerful Ian that came directly over us did far less damage to the town than Milton has done. Everything was up and open within a couple of days after Ian. Nothing is open right now.
Although Beryl (by the time it hit Houston) doesn't compare to Milton, a lot of us felt shocked by the deep damage. It wasn't like a 'regular' cat 1 or whatever they called it. The effects seemed different at a molecular level. Something has changed.
It has. Irma and Ian went right through here and although both were much stronger they did less damage to us here although they did more elsewhere but we are usually shielded from storm surge despite our location on Charlotte Harbor and the Peace River. This one, well the devastation is widespread due to it. If Milton hadn't come straight across the Gulf it probably wouldn't have had much effect here at all though it still wouldn't have helped those farther up the coast. It is horrible how many people and animals suffer from these things and nothing we can do but try to protect ourselves.
I think the record rainfall that came did the flood damage, the freshwater flooding, as opposed to storm surge, despite it being a fast-mover. Also, if the eye went north of your house, Laura, you got the southwest to west winds. So if the storm was 120 mph central winds around the eye, and if the storm had a forward speed of 17 mph, that would mean YOUR side of the storm actually had 137 mph winds, or a strong Category 3 wind. So, that compounded any flood damage that incurred. You have to add the forward momentum (17mph)to the storm's wind speed to get the TRUE wind speed on that side of the storm. So, that and the rainfall I think explains the damage. The tornado damage on that eastern outer band also exaserbated any hurricane damage on the eastern coast.
I was sitting up all night watching YouTube live streams from news, weather, etc as well as a few storm chasers. I kept checking the radar too and yeah we caught part of the right side of the eye. I was lucky as I live outside of town on higher ground so didn't have the storm surge here.
The lake behind my house flooded over and came up over the first step to my house, putting about 6 inches of water in my attached shed/laundry room and about an inch in my lanai. It didn't stay up long, only a couple of hours before it was back in the grass, over the road and half up my backyard. By morning it was only a little over its normal bank.
I was surprised to not lose power at all during the hurricane despite everything. Four or five second or so long brownouts but nothing more. A lot of our power lines are underground but they do have a good many in the city and out still above ground.
I think down here they have started doing it when areas of lines go down rather than constantly having to put up new poles. . Makes more sense anyway considering how many of these blasted storms come up. Just got my renewal policy for the insurance. Went up another $150 per quarter so not too bad.
Glad to hear this Invest probably won't be a problem as this town is a serious mess right now from Milton causing such an unprecedented level of flooding here. I definitely now have personal proof that the category of the storm doesn't mean that lower doesn't mean it can't be more catastrophic. The much more powerful Ian that came directly over us did far less damage to the town than Milton has done. Everything was up and open within a couple of days after Ian. Nothing is open right now.
Although Beryl (by the time it hit Houston) doesn't compare to Milton, a lot of us felt shocked by the deep damage. It wasn't like a 'regular' cat 1 or whatever they called it. The effects seemed different at a molecular level. Something has changed.
It has. Irma and Ian went right through here and although both were much stronger they did less damage to us here although they did more elsewhere but we are usually shielded from storm surge despite our location on Charlotte Harbor and the Peace River. This one, well the devastation is widespread due to it. If Milton hadn't come straight across the Gulf it probably wouldn't have had much effect here at all though it still wouldn't have helped those farther up the coast. It is horrible how many people and animals suffer from these things and nothing we can do but try to protect ourselves.
I think the record rainfall that came did the flood damage, the freshwater flooding, as opposed to storm surge, despite it being a fast-mover. Also, if the eye went north of your house, Laura, you got the southwest to west winds. So if the storm was 120 mph central winds around the eye, and if the storm had a forward speed of 17 mph, that would mean YOUR side of the storm actually had 137 mph winds, or a strong Category 3 wind. So, that compounded any flood damage that incurred. You have to add the forward momentum (17mph)to the storm's wind speed to get the TRUE wind speed on that side of the storm. So, that and the rainfall I think explains the damage. The tornado damage on that eastern outer band also exaserbated any hurricane damage on the eastern coast.
I was sitting up all night watching YouTube live streams from news, weather, etc as well as a few storm chasers. I kept checking the radar too and yeah we caught part of the right side of the eye. I was lucky as I live outside of town on higher ground so didn't have the storm surge here.
The lake behind my house flooded over and came up over the first step to my house, putting about 6 inches of water in my attached shed/laundry room and about an inch in my lanai. It didn't stay up long, only a couple of hours before it was back in the grass, over the road and half up my backyard. By morning it was only a little over its normal bank.
I was surprised to not lose power at all during the hurricane despite everything. Four or five second or so long brownouts but nothing more. A lot of our power lines are underground but they do have a good many in the city and out still above ground.
You gotta wonder why power companies don't have more lines underground? Probably due to costs of doing so.
I think down here they have started doing it when areas of lines go down rather than constantly having to put up new poles. . Makes more sense anyway considering how many of these blasted storms come up. Just got my renewal policy for the insurance. Went up another $150 per quarter so not too bad.