I'm a bit over 4 miles from the beach. AFAIK the eyewall passed over
us. Fortunately, it was only Cat 1 at that time and not the Cat 2
expected when it was predicted to be further away. This was the 2nd Cat
1 where I've been in the eye (first on Long Island). But I can tell you
that being 35 miles away from a Cat 4 is a hell of a lot worse (Andrew
1992). :-)
I was protected by my hurricane panels but I'm not aware of any of my
neighbors who didn't have them getting impact damage from debris. There
are, however, a couple of houses which sustained roof and other damage
from falling pine trees and a couple where the damage was limited to
fences. We have a large, dead pine tree in a wetland area not too far
from the house and I was concerned it might decide to topple. The tree
is still standing but large sheets of its bark are now in my yard.
But even during Andrew in Florida in 1992 I think we were only without
power for about 3 hours. 32 hours is enough for me to think about
getting a portable generator as some of my neighbors already have.
ps: Thanks for your concern, Jim. I'm copying this to the list as my
"I'm OK report"
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/9/2016 11:33 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Great news. I've been through the power outage thing, but it was during
an ice storm.
Are you within 3 miles of the beach? It appears that the storm made
landfall not far from you.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 10/9/2016 9:55 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
We were without power for about 32 hours the last 2 days. But we are
otherwise unscathed.
Chuck
On 10/9/2016 11:35 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Chuck, if you have power and internet, drop us a note as to how you and
your wife are faring. I've been concerned about you.
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