Sunday, September 10, 2017

Good morning. It's 4 AM and I'm up to check the progress of hurricane Irma. Right now Irma is 55 miles southeast of Key West moving northwest at 6 miles an hour, category 4 - 130 mph. Key West streets are wet with many trees down and reportedly pieces of gingerbread house trim scattered about from the historic homes. The hurricane warning covers 18 million people in Florida. Wow. 

Since the track of hurricane Irma skirts the west coast of Florida, cities like Naples and Tampa will take the brunt of it. Storm surge will be 9 to 12 feet there and goes inland for miles. Devastation will be widespread unfortunately. Curfews are in place. Rainfall will be 9"-12". 

Here in Lake County Florida it is quiet with light rain. By tonight, Sunday, we will have tropical storm force winds and thunderstorms. Being on the "dirty side" of Irma, tornadoes will be the main threat. TORCON 8.

Haha ... is that one of Randy's stinky Crocs?

Update ... 3:30ish ... raining here, not much happening yet. 

6:30 ... Irma's  a knockin' ... and we're a rockin' wine. We've heard several transformers blow around us, but at the moment we are lucky to have power! 🤞🍀 This heavy wind will continue throughout the night. 

This is the view from RanDawn's deck ... the highest water ever! Their neighbor's lot is lower but you can see it's up to the seawall.