As I sit down to write this Hurricane Michael is now a category 4 hurricane. It makes me quite triggered as I lived through Hurricane Ivan in 2004. That was weeks without power….WEEKS. The amount of devastation that we are about to experience here in the panhandled is uncharted. Ivan was a strong category 3 and Pensacola looked like a bomb went off.

 

 

 

 

 

Storm surge is the most problematic and The Florida Governor has urged anyone in this path to leave. Think about 9-13 feet of water in your house.

 

Being over 100 miles away from Panama City we elected to stay home. I am starting to wonder if that was a good decision. This morning around 3:30 am I walked out back and literally heard Hurricane Michael show up. I kept wondering if that was wind or rain I was hearing coming up the street. Then it starting during. Only lasted a few seconds so a squall of sorts.

I seemed to be glued to the twitter feed about the storm. I know we have so many wonderful things about living here in paradise, but today we have a reality that the ocean can be both beautiful and deadly. Please stay safe

 

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