[laz]

Wilma sitting on them for a whole day like that made her basically a meat grinder. The cumulative effect of all that pounding, hour after hour, was probably worse than if she had moved through at a normal pace as a Cat 5. She was literally parked on top of them, scouring them.

According to reports, Playa del Carmen is destroyed. It was right in the western eyewall for several hours when Wilma stalled the first time, directly over Cozumel. Several hours of continuous 140 mph winds, with higher gusts.

[Sam Cree]

There was one that sat on Marsh Harbor all day last summer, forget which at this point, Frances maybe. Not a cat 4, though. Yeah, I would anticipate that Wilma did worse than Andrew even if slightly weaker, considering her sitting still all day. Thanking our lucky stars she will be moving through here quickly, although since we are on the strong side we'll get some extra wind.

My friends in Naples are insisting on staying put, the ones in Key West ,I have a feeling they'll be out of there when they wake up.

Yeah, these days I'm scared of anything from a cat 3 on up. Monday should go OK for us, long as we're careful, time'll tell, though. If she trends any further south, Keys could have more of a problem with surge.