I just spoke with my brother and SIL, less than 1,000 ft from the St. John river in JAX. Power is out; phone is working. It’s raining hard and winds are strong. But not so strong he couldn’t go outside if he needed to. Light-to-middling tropical storm stuff. A tree is down, but the house is fine. His apartment in West Palm is up and running. This storm is a wet nuisance, but absolutely nothing to evacuate for. They made the right call. This storm was never going to be a danger for 90% of the Floridians urged to evacuate, even if it had wobbled more to the west. A problem for beach dwellers and not much more.
Our power has flickered a couple of times. Thankfully, it’s stayed. For us, its been a powerful tropical storm vs a full fledged hurricane. Peace be with your brother & everyone under threat by this storm.
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Tell that to the woman who died today when she went out to feed her animals. Tree fell on her.