Stop in for a drink.

Well, this was a fun day on the island...not!

About 2 pm, a massive thunderstorm blew up and parked itself over us for more than 4 hours!

4” of rain, bursts of 60 mph straight line winds, 3000+ lighting strikes within 5 miles, and to top it off...a water spout rolled across the bay and beach right over us wet blasting everything with 70 mph wind driven rain full of sand! The neighbors house across the canal was also hit by a massive lighting bolt and blew a large portion of the roof to bits.

The pool has a half inch of sand in it, the glass on the north side of the house is visibly etched and half of the deck furniture is missing or broken. 2 kayaks, 3 paddle boards and 1 floating dock are missing from the neighbors homes and presumed blown out into the bay. The canal has about a dozen pieces of deck furniture floating in it. The marina across the street is missing 2 boats.

I literally thought the house was going to be blown apart in the worst of it. It started shuddering and the the water was being blown in around every window several feet into every room.

We sheltered for over an hour in the core laundry/bath area on the first floor of the house hoping it was good enough to keep us safe. Power and internet just came back on a little while ago.

It’s calm, clear and cool here now and not a fun part of a family vacation...but we are all safe.

That’s all that matters.