Nope didn’t have 12’ storm surge, that’d be ugly. We’re at about 12 feet above sea level and are 2 miles from the Gulf and 2 miles from the Bay (usually have more problems with surge in the Bay than surge from the Gulf.) But that’s the explanation I was looking for...I couldn’t figure out why Cat 1 was posing such danger.
Plus we live on a peninsula on a peninsula (Tampa Bay) and when water invades our peninsula and floods, it quickly drains off. That won’t be happening in that area.
One of these days, once of these October storms are gonna come out of the Caribbean and hit there.
You guys are VERY susceptible to surge.