It was eerily quiet as the eye passed over us at 4:00 am. Half an hour later, the north winds off the back of the hurricane started. They were the strongest winds of the night, clocked at 103 mph by one nearby weather station. I had my wind instruments going on Fleetwing which included recording the highest wind gust at 67 mph in the marina!
Later that morning we went to the marina to see how Fleetwing fared. No damage was seen! There was some damage to the pier with shards of wood on Fleetwing's deck but no damage to the boat. That must have been some wind to push Fleetwing into the pier so hard.
It’s still raining with north winds over 25 kts so we’ll stay on land until Friday late morning and then it’s moving everything back to Fleetwing. The Bimini needs to be resown before putting it back up, another chore.
All in all, I think we came through a Cat 1 hurricane pretty well. Florida utilities, at least in the cities, are built well. We never lost power and on our drive to the marina today, only three stop lights were not working. All businesses are still closed but will reopen Friday.
1 comments:
Glad you guys came through it ok. Proper prep and a little luck always help
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