[RevelationDavid]

Great and yet horrible photos of Michael.....I fear that the death toll will be truly tragic....

Are there any Freepers that need help currently??

[M Kehoe]

A 10kt airburst would do similar damage.

5.56mm

[RevelationDavid]

More (many) photos...wow.

https://weather.com/safety/hurricane/news/2018-10-09-hurricane-michael-photos?cm_ven=wu_videos?cm_ven=hp-slot-2

[halfright]

It’s really bad..Far worse than Andrew. I am helping with Communications on 3950 KHZ and 7251 KHZ. No power, no sewer, no food, no clothes, no nuttin’. Prayers for the effected would be greatly appreciated. Hams able to copy both sides of traffic may be helpful. I’m thinking a donation to Red Cross would be best at the moment.

[Born to Conserve]

Good, maybe yellow pine will get cheap again.

[nicollo]

Here for description of the winds and variable conditions from Andrew in ‘92. I post this not to diminish Michael but to illuminate how these storms operate:

https://extremeplanet.me/2012/10/31/hurricane-andrew/

[trebb]

We went through Katrina - have been praying for these poor people since before Michael hit and are gathering donations...my wife has a friend that was on the edge of it and her house is standing with a few others but tornadoes ran on both sides and took out a lot of their neighborhood.

Have seen few folks making quips that make light of what happened and decided they are clueless idiots who have never endured such....it took me 2 years to repair my house because there were only fly-by-night contractors swooping in for a carrion feast and I wasted some cash on a couple and decided that they would give me $1k worth of work for every $5K they did - and I would still need to redo a lot.....the wind and water have stopped but the grueling experience is just getting started.