We just got the hell kicked out of us for about twenty minutes. Power surge,no storm,not much rain. Horrible wind with a really strange icky sound as it whips the hell out of the trees. My freshly trimmed cypress hammock suffered big damage and fell on my thirty year old bird feeder. Neighbors grapefruit trees down. it was quiet for 5 minutes, now it is back again. Oaks are holding up great. They are a century old at least,roots must go to china. I'm holding my breath. For some reason the worst damage and debris comes from the Northeast side of the house. Here comes more wind,and now the rain. Yikes... I'm not cleaning up this mess.
Been through Alicia, cat 3. Eye went over my house. Can't imagine what a cat 4 would feel like. Cat 3 was all we could handle. 40 miles inland. It was bad because it was at night. Much better to have to deal with a hurricane during the daylight hours I would think. Or whichever was low tide if I was near water.
WOW!
Glad you're safe - so far. 8<)
You might have had a part of the eye pass overhead.
Wind direction change after that quiet spot?
They're probably saying, "this is nothing, you should have seen the storm of '07".