On Monday, October 8th 2018 a frantic guy walked into the convenience store here on Cape San Blas, due south of Mexico Beach. Like a mystic, he told the owner to shut down the store and get the heck out. At that time, Michael was Cat 1 off the western tip of Cuba.
We missed catastrophe by just a few miles. The pressure gradient between my home and the eastern eye wall as it passed only ten miles away was one inch of mercury.
People who slough off Cat 3+ storms don’t know WTF they’re doing.
Where have you been all of my life? All the errors and mistakes I could have avoided! Oy Vey!
People who ignore ANY cyclone don’t know what they’re doing.
Not to mention cat 5 which Michael was eventually admitted to be.