Hurricane Milton

The silver arrow points to my house. The category 5 hurricane is almost on top of us. 

Only 13 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall, the Goddess of Meterology waved her magic wand again and protected our little neighborhood from the major hurricane damage and tornadoes of Hurricane Milton. Only a few branches and a few fences fell. No flooding from storm surge or heavy rain. Our roof is intact. Plumbing is fine. Electrical power is still out--no air conditioning but the weather is fairly cool so we can open windows to catch the breeze.  Not much cell phone service; Internet service has been "interrupted" for 3+ days. It's finally back on.

The night the hurricane hit, the skies went black and, the house was black. I sat in the pitch darkness not able to see a thing,* and heard only the wind whooshing by. I went to bed and when I awoke a few hours later the sun was shining, and sky was blue, and a cool, gentle breeze was blowing, to the accompaniment of the sound of chain saws in the distance. I wish I'd stayed awake for those few hours to watch the rapid weather change. Our handyman company fixed our fence that afternoon. 

So that was my experience of the Hurricanes of the Century, Helene and Milton, that made direct hits on our area. 

*Yes, I have flashlights but I wanted to see the storm in its natural state.

Our thoughts and charitable donations will hopefully help people in the US and around the world who are experiencing destructive weather.

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Our friend Dave has a small museum, which was
flooded. You can see the water line on the wall.
There was a lot of damage but amazingly he was
able to salvage most of the artifacts.

Debris cleanup in my front yard after Milton.