JMII
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Pressure is coming back up in Ft Myers, it bottomed out at 990.2 @ 8:30 PM. Wind peaked at 55 mph.
Surge is still coming up unfortunately, its almost up to Helene levels based on the tide guage. High tide is 8:20AM tomorrow.
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Littlebit
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I know this is late, but Lamar how did you do? Our home flooded for the first time (we've been here 26 years). Weather station reported 11.74 inches of rain at 9:55pm. It obviously rained for hours after that. We were our own little island for awhile. Roof and support beams of lean to got ripped off and thrown into the strawberry fields next door. Trees and limbs down, destroyed the honey bee boxes. Power was out for six days, but luckily our home generator was centimeters from flooding so it kicked in. Internet just came back late last night. Part of our fence in the front yard came down, not just the fence, but the concrete it was set in was ripped out too. That was some wicked wind, I just wish I could have recorded it.
That was quite the experience!
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Littlebit
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The highest wind gust was 42.3mph at 9:44pm. The pressure was 980 at 9:55 pm. My weather station quit after the power went out so those are the latest it recorded.
Edited by Littlebit (Fri Oct 18 2024 02:01 PM)
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Lamar-Plant City
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Wow...I feel even luckier. We had no damage and only a few limbs down. No flooding here just west of the High School. Only lost power for about 30 hours. We got to run the generator Thursday and that was it. For us is was a nice practice run. I don't have a rain gauge anymore since I can't get to where I would have to mount it (disabled in a wheelchair) but I know we had nearly a foot. Cable was out for 6 days but I made it work though my phone enough. Glad you are safe and pray you have an easy time with insurance claims. So sorry about your bee boxes. I was planning to indulge in that when retired before my injury as I have had an interest for a long time. It was definitely the strongest wind I have experienced in this house but not much above hurricane force by the time it got here. Take care!
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Littlebit
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Glad to hear you're ok! We're in the Cork area between Miley and Knights Griffin.
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IsoFlame
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W/O power for 3 days post-Milton. Overhead internet line replaced last weekend after being severed by a vehicle the morning after Milton. My 69-yr old 2-story house did fine, though a small amount of water did make it past 2 rows of sand bags into the front entry way when roofing debris (foam and tarpaper) from structures to the east (the length of 2 football fields away) covered 3 of the 4 storm drains at the intersection near the house (front yard had water depth of 2' before I cleared the storm drains after sunrise.
Here is what I observed in Daytona Beach Shores (one block from the Atlantic Ocean) on the north side of hurricane Milton as the center exited near the Cape (45 miles to our south) early Thursday morning in Daytona Beach Shores, one block from the Atlantic Ocean...
Precipitation (5AM Wednesday-8AM Thursday): 15.8 inches. Rain gauge spilled over in the pre-dawn hours at 11 inches during the height of the hurricane conditions when I did not dare to go out to empty. A 5-gallon bucket (anchored down with a paver) measured 13" from midnight to 8AM, so storm total likely an inch or two higher.
Sustained wind speed (estimate): 80-85 mph
Highest gust (estimate): 95-100 mph
Based on structure damage and diameter of snapped tree limbs in my neighborhood, both on the immediate coast and several blocks off the coast given the funneling of wind between tall condos, the highest wind speed (estimate) of near 100 mph is similar to F1 tornado damage that I witnessed decades ago when I lived in North Brevard County.
Beach erosion was substantial here in central Volusia County. 3' of sand was scoured out in front of sea walls, and on the County's vehicle access ramps (Dunlawton, Demotte, Emelia) remain closed due to undermining (failure) of the concrete and asphalt surfaces. The damage from the 2022 storms was never fully repaired by the County, so these access ramps between sea walls remain extremely vulnerable to additional erosion while the County works on their 50-yr "Resiliency Plan".
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Edited by IsoFlame (Tue Oct 22 2024 11:36 AM)
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JMII
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when roofing debris (foam and tarpaper) from structures to the east (the length of 2 football fields away) covered 3 of the 4 storm drains at the intersection near the house (front yard had water depth of 2' before I cleared the storm drains after sunrise.
This happens a lot. I've experienced it several times in three different neighborhoods where I've lived. During my quick thinking neighbor got in their large truck and kept driving back and forth over the drain in an effort to move things around so the water would keep flowing. Personally I've raked leaves out of the drain during tropical storms in-between heavy rain bands. The force and weight of the water will completely seal off a drain once debris get packed on top of it.
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