On October 5, my humble blog got visited by the 211th Country - Welcome Marshall Islands!
Yep, from the Panhandle of Florida, Hurricane Michael traveled through South Georgia right over our area.
This we got in the morning...
This was the Hurricane Warning on October 10 with strong SouthEast wind of 77 km/h or 47.8 mi/h
A 4-fold warning...
Our 6-year old Drake Elm - Ulmus parvifolia had snapped off...
It looked so dreary and gray next morning!
Our Pecan tree had come out...
Our Pussy willow snapped off...
A 4-fold warning...
By midnight it turned into a five-fold warning!
HURRICANE WARNING
TORNADO WATCH
FLOOD WARNING
TROPICAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
It was just past midnight on October 11 at 12:16 AM when I read the above and especially the EastSouthEast wind of 85 km/h or 52.8 mi/h looked scary so I decided to stay awake till it would pass over.
Temperatures are in C, it was quite a bit cooler than the previous days.
Dublin is right in the darkest area...
Husband Pieter was sound asleep and I could hear the wind all around the house and heard some big noises, of a tree that came down.
Turned out several big pine trees from a back neighbor's property had come down.
By 12:30 AM the power went off... and it was pitch dark!
Winds still were beating up anything that came in its patch.
We were only 19 hours without power and a couple of hours today...
Lineworkers are still working hard for restoring power back as soon as possible.
Even lineworkers from neighboring states have come to the South for helping out!
The above map gives you the dates or having power back on: October 12, Midnight, October 13, and October 14, October 15 and October 16...
We cannot complain!
It looked so dreary and gray next morning!
Of course, our bridges took a brutal beating as well, you can see some damage to the right at one of our three bridges.
TONS of green leaves have been snatched off and little branches are everywhere...
This is on the edge of the lawn and on our driveway... so many green leaves are off!
Also our Leyland Cypress is leaning over the fence towards the street and needs to be cut down...
At the end of our property line in the corner with the neighbors...
This needs to be cut down!
But NO damage to our home, not even to our greenhouse!
Lucky, compared to so many others in the Florida Panhandle; our prayers are with those people!
Proud of our community that is feeding 375 linemen (lineworkers) for lunch tomorrow!
Thanks for your visit and comment.
Also our Leyland Cypress is leaning over the fence towards the street and needs to be cut down...
This needs to be cut down!
But NO damage to our home, not even to our greenhouse!
Lucky, compared to so many others in the Florida Panhandle; our prayers are with those people!
Thanks for your visit and comment.
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{Pussy Willow from Cuttings} | previous post by me
{Our Drake Elm - Ulmus parvifolia} | previous post by me
{2004 Hurricane Francis - Our Garden Before and After} | previous post by me
{Our Damage from Tornado spin off of Hurricane Earl, 2003} | previous post by me
