We are convinced that a Cat-3 blew through Boynton Beach that morning. We lost a few roof tiles, and our dish got blown out of kilter. The DISH Network vans from Dallas arrived this morning and got our Dish back up in time for the Dolphins' debacle. There was devastation all the way around. It appeared that a tornado ripped all the signs and roof adverts from a 7-11 and deposited them across the street. The marina where we keep our boat looked like someone had opened the roof of the storage barn with a can opener at both ends. Our boat was lashed down outside and suffered not a scratch. We suspect that was a tornado as well. Having the resources, we left town on Thursday morning and the power was returned the following day. Traffic lights were down all over the town and even now they're not all returned to normal; intersections where the lights once regulated traffic are now treated as 4-way stop signs. We WERE prepared. We had plenty of water, canned food, chardonnay. We ran out of gasoline for the generator after three days, and that WILL NOT happen next year.
As Jeb says, this is the price we pay for living in paradise. As we're watching the sleet storms on the news from the north, this will all just be a bad memory.