I have been in two tornados before but never in a hurricane until the early A.M. of this past Wed. Hurricane now checked off of the bucket list. We were just north of the eye wall for approximately 4 hours, the damn thing just would not move. Best way to describe would be to say it was like spending 4 hours in a tornado.

Power went out Wed around 0200 and was out until 1400 Fri. Another 60 hours or so on the Honda generator and it never missed a beat.

No damage to our house but I cannot say the same for some of our neighbors. Several houses on our street and in the area had large oaks on their roof tops. I believe a stand of 20 year old hardwoods probably helped shield our house from the 105+ wind.

Another first, I got to speed an hour and a half in the gas line on Thur afternoon for more generator gas.

Inner web and wi-fi finally came back this P.M around 1800. Inner web and wi-fi ranked #2 behind AC as far as being missed during this adventure.

Another revelation, wife stated that the next time I suggest we leave before a looming hurricane she is all in. I kind of got the vibe that Sally scared the sh*t out of her.

As of this A.M., 70,000 in our county 50,000 in Mobile County ,and 54,000 in Pensacola area still without power.

It could have been a lot worse and fortunately it was not.

Glad you got through it, brother... If you have no damage to the house, I'd count that a huge win.

Generator doesn't have enough juice for the AC?

I went through 2 Typhoons out at sea. Safest place for a naval vessel, believe it or not. Shut and secure all exterior doors and hold on for dear life. Captain had us all stay in our bunks with the hurricane straps up unless we were on watch. 30 foot waves will toss around a warship like a bath toy.

Great to hear you got through it fairly unscathed. 👍

glad you guys are safe.
did the endless whisk(e)y cabinet come through OK?

Whew!

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I think I just got sea sick.

Our generator is not strong enough to run the AC. I am going to check the price for a whole home unit but probably much more than I want to spend. Maybe something for you to consider if you are still planning on a FL retirement.

Many thanks.

Whisky came through but the beer side of the closet suffered severe damage.

Whew! squared

Totally replace-able.

Glad to hear you folks are in one piece Dan!