Hurricane Milton

Hope everybody in Florida stays safe. We up here went thru Sandy, no power for 12 days. Thoughts and

Looks like my home at Anna Maria Island gets destroyed

I went through "Sandy" in a hotel in Quincy Massachusetts. We got lucky, didn't lose anything, other than some shingles off the hotel roof. We were partially saved by Cape Cod since it blocked most of the storm surge. Anyway, the day after, we drove across the state to Springfield and down into Connecticut. There were trees and power lines down everywhere, damaged buildings and lots of other storm damage. The worst we heard of was from a lady that worked at the Mohegan Sun Casino, where we had dinner. The casino was undamaged, as far as we could tell, since it was open and operating. What she was telling us is that anyplace there was a river or bay, the water rose by at least 10 feet due to the storm pushing seawater into Long Island Sound. Where she lived was made uninhabitable by the rise in the water level so she was staying at a shelter until she could find someplace to move to. This was confirmed by the news reports that talked about NYC getting flooded, especially the subways, due to the rising water level. When I looked at a map, it made sense. The only way for the water to get out of the "Sound" was through the East River, a channel that was way too small for the amount of water being pushed in by the storm winds from the eastern end.
I hope that those in Florida are spared a lot of what the wife and I saw in the aftermath of "Sandy". I wouldn't wish that on anyone