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Well, it finally happened. I’ve lived here in Sarasota since 1952 and this is the first “real” hurricane I’ve seen. Oh, there have been many Tropical Storms and some hurricanes that passed by and we were in the edge of them. But this one was different. It was a dead-center aim at us. The eye of the storm passed right over-through our location. It’s true that it can be blowing 100 MPH and suddenly stop blowing for awhile (about an hour in this case), then suddenly restart blowing from another direction. Very Interesting.
More specifically, the Internet, TV, and phone have been out all day, and just now came back on. So all I know is hearsay and possibly mis-information. I guess the eye wall came ashore on Siesta Key, one of our barrier islands. Our house is several miles inland from there. We got wind and tree damage, but no serious construction damage that I’m aware of, other than the usual pool cages, etc. There has been reports that one of the Siesta Key bridges collapsed, but I have no way of fact checking that.
BTW,for those who do not know this, I have Parkinson’s Disease. It just gets worse and worse.