Hurricane Frances
So much for peaceful bliss in Florida. For the third time in less than a month a tropical storm or hurricane made landfall over some portion of the Florida Peninsula.
The first was Bonnie, a moderately strong tropical storm with 65 mph winds that made landfall over the Florida Panhandle. Right on the heels of Bonnie was Hurricane Charley, which was a rapidly-intensifying Category Four Hurricane that made a sharp right turn prior to making landfall over the Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte area of Southwestern Florida.
Charley ended up being the most devastating hurricane to strike Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, but you can't prove it by me, because ...
Last Saturday, September 4, Hurricane Frances -- a Category Four Hurricane at one point -- made landfall over my county's Seawalls Point area as a Category Two storm with 105 mph winds. It sat on Little Martin for two days and pounded us to bits.
B2's rat-infested, bug-infested hovel had some interior flooding, a royal palm tree fall on the roof causing moderate damage, and that same royal palm bouncing down on my Dodge pick-up -- flattening it. The truck was a total loss.
I can't write now, because there's too much to do to get Little Martin's recovery underway and my property replaced or repaired. I guess they were right about an active hurricane season!