Differences between Wilma and Frances/Jeanne for Fort Pierce area
1) Wilma will have to traverse the Florida peninsula diagonally to get to you and will be significantly weaker when it arrives than at landfall -- Forecasts now suggest Wilma's intensity at landfall to be Cat 2 and prob Cat 1 on Fl E Coast. So signif less sustained wind damage likely. However beware the unpredicatable tornados may crop up so mobile homes are still at increased risk
2) Virtually no storm surge risk - Tides may run high on N side of storm when winds wrap around
3) Rainfall will prob be less than Frances as Wilma will be moving along at >20mph and won't hang around to drop more rain. This usually means less power line damge as well -- Frances caused as much power outage as Jeanne despite being Cat 2 vs. Cat 3 because of slow speed
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