I've been texting with Wheat, who reported about 45 minutes ago that so far they're doing okay -- lots of damage around but their shop looks okay for now and they had no surge there yet, although the back side of the eye was just arriving and seemed "just as nasty as the front."
All those in the path of this storm I hope for the best situations possible for all.
Hard to watch people's lives and lively hoods get upended. My heartfelt condolences.
It is possible there is a hill involved and the trees are at a higher elevation than the building.
Regardless, that building along with any others there that faced any level of flooding are no longer habitable. I remember going in to one of the few high rises here in New Bern after Florence, and the stench of mold was overpowering.
It's going to be a very long clean up for those folks.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
That's not saying much. Space Mountain is one the highest points in Florida. I forget whether it's the 3rd highest mountain, 5th, or whatever. They used to tell you on the old Peoplemover soundtrack.
My parents sold their house in this area a couple years ago, but my cousins retired there recently and would have gotten hit pretty hard. It's one of my favorite spots.
I used to live nearby and once made a day trip to "hike" to the top. The summit was about 50 feet from the parking lot. The views were majestic!
Here is a photo someone posted on Tripadvisor.
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The weather patterns, phenomena, conditions, and brute strength and size of hurricanes fascinate me. But each year, seeing the devastation they wreak and havoc they cause on humanity is heartbreaking to me. They also sadly cause injuries and death. Mother Nature (similar to my mother-in-law and wife) is a wonderful but complicated force.
Please stay safe folks.
Highest point in my area is Mt. Pompano (owned & operated by Waste Management).