The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72434   Message #1264238
Posted By: harpgirl
04-Sep-04 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: Florida Mudcatters - how are you?!
Subject: RE: BS: Florida Mudcatters - how are you?!
My dad just said the center of the eye is still 45 miles out in the gulf but he is experiencing the edge of the eye which is 85 miles across right now. The sustained winds are 40mph with gusts to 90. They lost water pressure and are flushing with bathtub water. Power is out to about 200k people in the west palm area. There are trees down. My brother's roof is leaking and shingles are coming off. But it sounded like a big party at his house when I called...the storm is moving very slowly, about 5mph which will change when the high up north is no longer influencing it and then will go back up to 15-20 miles an hour. Up in Tallahasee, the sky is still sunny but there is some wind. I have to go to the store but I'm comfortable in my denial at the moment.