We had quite the storm blow through yesterday afternoon, with torrential rains, and very high winds. It was reported that there was a gust of 79 mph, but we must have had sustained 35+ mph wind for quite some time, at least over an hour (or maybe it just seemed that way in our trailer).
When we saw the squall line on the radar, Dave was smart and did a quick tie down of our carport to the van, just in case the wind got under it (he has a more elaborate system for hurricane season). If we saw the van lift up, then we knew we were in trouble!
After the main part of the storm subsided, Dave went on a tour of our park to see if there was any damage. Several metal awnings on houses were twisted, mailboxes down, a palm tree broke and fell, and lots of branches and leaves were, and still are, everywhere. As I am writing this, the maintenance crew is driving by with a trailer piled high with palm branches. In the storage yard, the boat owners that left their Bimini tops up, will be in for a surprise because the tops are wrecked. A neighbor who left his motorhome's roof vents cracked open to air it out, had the wind blow them completely open. With the heavy rain, he must have a mess inside. I saw on Facebook that there were three boats that broke loose that were anchored by the Jensen Beach Causeway and ended up next to the fishing pier and in the boat launch area. This morning we took a ride down to take photos, but they had already been towed back out into the anchorage. We headed to the US Sailing Center to see how the boats made out there, since we knew they kept all their Hobie Cats lined up on the beach on the Indian River. Some had already been moved, but these two did not make out too well.
It was definitely a wild time, and I hope it is our first and last of this season. We sure are thankful for the much needed rain though!
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