[Maiercab]

Hi all, wondering if anyone has accurate stats on Irma's 'fly over'. Can you help with filling in the blanks and verifying info? Thank you!

Highest wind gusts were 75mph,
Overnight sustained winds were - ?
We got 8 inches of rain
Did the eye go directly over or was it off to one side? What time ?

[Rapscallion St Croix]

There was no eye by the time it got here. I watched on radar as what was left of it passed at 4am. At my home, that event amounted to about three minutes of winds increasing to about 50 mph.

[BostonRich]

Looks like we were all very lucky.

[BruDon]

what village are you in? Do you see much damage?

[Maiercab]

We are in Caroline just up from Coconut Cove Rec Cyrus - branches and leaves. All else looks good!

[paulascorpio]

We are in Pinellas Cedar Grove....wind gust from the eye aperture were around 106 MPH. We live in a small circle and 8 homes have roof damage. The golf courses in our neighborhood are all flooded. The wind was crazy! We got around 12 inches of rain. I have been through many hurricanes in SoFl including Andrew (but in Palm Beach Gardens). I definitely prefer having wind protection to our doors and windows from flying objects. Pretty scary with shingles flying around with unprotected windows. I'd have to say I'm glad Irmageddon is out of here and prefer the protection of a SoFl home but impressed with the fact we never lost power in TV. I think if we're getting these types of storms that the building codes should be updated.

[Jgg7933]

Building codes are adequate. This is only the 2nd hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 12 years. Last years Matthew that affected the East coast was the 1st in 11 years. This was by the way the biggest and badest hurricane in history!

[Taltarzac725]

So Irma was a Category 1 when it came through the Villages?

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

So Irma was a Category 1 when it came through the Villages?

Not unless someone recorded sustained winds of at or over 74 MPH.

Irma hit Tampa as a Category 4, and was probably a weak Category 1, at most, when it got to The Villages. As I have said, contact with the ground slows down wind.

There's hardly a better place to be in Florida during bad weather than The Villages.

[Nucky]

I like what Mr Carl posted & I'm truly grateful to Tuccilo for his knowledge and even handed interpretation. Thank You Both. Great assist when we really needed you.

[dewilson58]

Here is a page with "History".

Change the dates.........you can change location as well.

Weather History for Leesburg, FL | Weather Underground

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Nucky

I like what Mr Carl posted & I'm truly grateful to Tuccilo for his knowledge and even handed interpretation. Thank You Both. Great assist when we really needed you.

Are you back? Y'all o.k.? We had houseful and I was worried about you.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Are you back? Y'all o.k.? We had houseful and I was worried about you.

Not yet Mrs Gracie. We are close but not moving until the electricity is on. Its rough on our neighbors, they advised me to hold up for now. We invented a scenic path here and back home, a little longer but moving 95% of the time. We will be fine. The house is ok.