Hurricane Update
So, two hurricanes in one month. Frances and Jeanne both smacked the Treasure Coast of Florida. The Treasure Coast consists of Indian River County, St. Lucie County, and Martin County.
I live in Palm Beach County which is directly south of the Treasure Coast.
Hurricane Jeanne made landfall in Sewall's Point, Stuart which is a little north of Jupiter. Gusts over 150 mph wracked the coast.
I was outside.
On Saturday around 4 pm is when the winds started kicking up. Sustained at about 20 mph, gusts up to 45.
7 pm - Sustained 40 gusts to 60. This is when the transformer in our backyard exploded and caused our power to go out.
7-10 pm - Tropical storm force winds which is 39-74 mph. This is about how bad the winds got during Frances three weeks ago.
10:30-3 am - Hurricane force winds. Sustained 75 mph, gusts of 115-120 mph. At about 1 am I was outside on the porch and saw a branch the size of a tree fly over another tree and hit the neighbors fence and screen. I yelled "Whoa" like a hillbilly.
3:30 am - Went to bed
9 am - Woke up to survey damage. I was suprised at how little damage there was around my house. Besides the huge branch on my neighbors fence, there were only a couple other branches that I had to clean up. No big deal.
The rest of the day, I worked on the yard, then went out to eat. Came home went to bed.
Today, I went to my mom's work for about 5 hours and played video games. They had A/C and hot food. Came home at about 5 and the power was on so I was a happy guy.
The damage to the northern counties was far worse than where I am. The barrier islands are still closed I believe and there's mandatory curfews.
Early estimates of complete power restoration are about 3 weeks.
I'll post pictures of Frances as soon as I get the film developed. Peace.
I live in Palm Beach County which is directly south of the Treasure Coast.
Hurricane Jeanne made landfall in Sewall's Point, Stuart which is a little north of Jupiter. Gusts over 150 mph wracked the coast.
I was outside.
On Saturday around 4 pm is when the winds started kicking up. Sustained at about 20 mph, gusts up to 45.
7 pm - Sustained 40 gusts to 60. This is when the transformer in our backyard exploded and caused our power to go out.
7-10 pm - Tropical storm force winds which is 39-74 mph. This is about how bad the winds got during Frances three weeks ago.
10:30-3 am - Hurricane force winds. Sustained 75 mph, gusts of 115-120 mph. At about 1 am I was outside on the porch and saw a branch the size of a tree fly over another tree and hit the neighbors fence and screen. I yelled "Whoa" like a hillbilly.
3:30 am - Went to bed
9 am - Woke up to survey damage. I was suprised at how little damage there was around my house. Besides the huge branch on my neighbors fence, there were only a couple other branches that I had to clean up. No big deal.
The rest of the day, I worked on the yard, then went out to eat. Came home went to bed.
Today, I went to my mom's work for about 5 hours and played video games. They had A/C and hot food. Came home at about 5 and the power was on so I was a happy guy.
The damage to the northern counties was far worse than where I am. The barrier islands are still closed I believe and there's mandatory curfews.
Early estimates of complete power restoration are about 3 weeks.
I'll post pictures of Frances as soon as I get the film developed. Peace.