Woohoo! Yes'sir it's a blowing good!
Finally seeing some decent gusts hitting 50mph+.
Getting some serious whistles and howls from the wind, tree branches snapping here and there, a couple of short power losses and plenty of sideways rain.
But no freight train sounding wind shaking the house like a cardboard box like it did during Ivan and Katrina... Good!
That means my shingles and/or siding aren't being ripped off the house again.
Tried to take some video, but the wind/rain keep fouling the lens and too much reflection off glass.
Good news is it keeps shifting further East, so no longer a direct hit for us, but danged close.
If it's track continues it's Eastward creep I figure we'll be about 30 miles West of the eye at landfall.
Keep walking girl, take that slow wandering strut of yours to Florida.
I do fear for my favorite fishing pier as it will be taking a serious lashing, it'll be right in the Eye or the immediate East side of it pretty much... Damn.
The Gulf State Park Pier is just finishing up a $2.5M dollar rebuild, seriously hope they don't have to start all over again.
And I sincerely hope that no one loses their life tonight or tomorrow.
