Breezy Out There
 

Just came in from walking the dog, & it's a might breezy out there.

Seeing 25mph with gusts to 50 at our place right now.

I think is is passing us just about now. Except it is still not moving very fast (23 mph at 5 pm)

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From NOAA.Gov just now

Watching Orlando local news - they have a crew here in The Villages, reporting a tall light fixture down on Buena Vista.

Started walking to the mailbox about 5, figuring getting mail before the rain but the breeze made me change my mind rather quickly

Now 29mph gusting to 54. I think we moved past breezy into moderately windy.

Does anyone know the official “gust” speed here in The Villages last night - was a little stronger than I thought it would be - woke up with my neighbor’s poly patio furniture in my yard, and several of my ceramic outdoor pots were overturned.

Probably a car hit it or it was rotten. Have not noticed any winds strong enough to knock over a light post. Unless it was a tornado but would expect more damage than that from a tornado.

Your neighbor should have secured their stuff before the storm.

The highest I saw was 36mph with gusts to 64.

Porch furniture
 

This hurricane has passed on, but there will be more.

It is ALWAYS your responsibility to move all exterior stuff into your garage. As you saw, furniture can easily become a projectile. Your neighbor could be held accountable for that negligence....

Be prepared next time....

How did everyone make out from the "unsurvivable, catastrophic" storm? Our roof was pelted with acorns for almost 10 minutes last night! Oh, the humanity! And I got half an inch of rain in my gauge.

From what I can gather, it hit the big bend as a "4", instantly dropped to a "1", blew across the entire state before we woke, and is now threatening "unsurvivable, catastrophic" flooding in Atlanta, which has never before in the history of the world, experienced a flood.

But there was one fatality. Apparently a woman was driving around in Tampa yesterday during the hurricane and a street sign fell on her, which allowed the "News" to add the word "deadly" to "unsurvivable" and "catastrophic".

Thankfully, there was a silver lining to all this death and destruction. My kids saw the "news" and called to make sure we were OK!

Instead of being sarcastic it might be more appropriate to be thankful that the storm didn't do much here. Other places were not so lucky. The Villages is one of, if not the best place to be in Florida during hurricanes. I would rather over prepare and not need it rather than the other way around.

Prayers for those affected and safety in cleanup efforts.

Right. Just look at what happened to Fort Myers with hurricane Ian. Catastrophic doesn't just mean loss of life, it also includes the scope of the impact and cost of cleanup and damage. Right now, over 4 million people are without power in the southeast. There is significant flash flooding in Georgia and the Carolinas. Hundreds of people had to be rescued in the Tampa Bay area because of the storm surge.

I realize the media goes overboard with this stuff but I'd rather have too much information than not enough.