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RE: Ocean Waves - Jacksonville Beach Florida - Psalm 93:4
Your post brought back my memories of Florida as well. Driving along Daytona Beach. And the rain!!! So bad we had to stop under bridges till it stopped. We were their during Hurricane Erin , so that was a while ago.
Hurricane Erin? I don't think that ever made landfall in Florida. Was that 2001?
Hurricane Erin was in August 1995. Quite a serious one as this article mentions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Erin_(1995)
We were visiting Disneyworld, watching the trees bending in the wind.
we had just moved here in July 1995. It was a CAT 1 on the coast just south of here, but nothing too bad. Looks like it was a CAT 2 after it hit the Panhandle though! We have had another Erin since then, so it was not bad enough to retire the name. That second one did not make landfall in Florida.
Yes it was quite windy in Orlando. And there was talk of evacuation of Miami on the tv news.
Hehe, we always have talk of evacuation at the beaches in Florida. It's a way of life here. I was in Scotland this year when Hurricane Irma hit here as a CAT 1. My husband and son along with all our street decided to stay even though we had a mandatory evacuation. Luckily, it was just a CAT 1, and they had seen the forecast change. Last year during Matthew, my husband and I were both in Scotland leaving my son to evacuate to Orlando with 4 cats!! We are on a barrier island, so they close all the bridges and you can't leave after that!! We just have to pay attention to where it's going and make a decision based on that. The biggest problem in hurricanes is not so much the wind, but the storm surge! In a CAT 1 we are far enough from the beach to avoid it, but with a CAT 3 or higher we would be in trouble. At least you went home with a story to tell. Lol!
My sister lives in Houston and they had it rough this year. Quite scary.
Yes, Texas had it bad. Hurricanes are nasty things to deal with!