Idalia stayed offshore
just far enough that we only got a little wind and a little rain. Driveway and yard had a light layer of sticks and branches.
@Sinovac How did you fare?
No major problems. Thank you. The worst of it was at a vacation river property in north Florida. Power lines down everywhere, but miraculously, no damage to our property.
You can find humor in anything, and this was no exception. I brought a chainsaw, knowing that I would be fighting my way to the property. I stood at one road block caused by a downed power line pulled tighter than a banjo string to within 4’ of the ground by a large tree. I didn’t want to touch that obstacle even though the power had been turned off.
A half (or completely) drunk guy in a tank top and flip flops grabbed my chainsaw, jumped on the forks of a tractor and expertly cleared the tree in about 5 minutes, with the last piece of tree being flung into the air when the power line sprung upward, him casually stepping aside when the tree crashed down where he was standing.
I love watching experts work.
