Hi everyone,
Well, we didn't get any damage over here in St. Pete (west coast of FL), but we did get some nice wind and rain. The really amazing part was Saturday evening when the first feeder bands started coming in. We were out at the beach, I was playing with my chute, and we can see this HUGE squall line circling around the storm, and before we know it, WHAM! 30 mph+ winds and huge raindrops pouring down in buckets! It was awesome! We then spent about an hour at a arcade place on the beach and as we were leaving and driving up a north-south street (66th for you locals) you could really really see a great feeder band. It was absolutely AMAZING! As the sun went down, you could tell the feeder bands were getting closer and closer together as the storm approached, and finally, it all turned into a single huge band of 25mph sustained with gusts to over 60 (wheee, that was fun!
) Throughout Sunday and Monday morning, winds were constant at 35mph + and driving wind and rain. It was awesome. We did lose our cable and internet, but now it's back up.
We did have a great family friend over in Daytona Beach that lost the roof to her home and had everything below ankle level covered in water, so she'd probably lost her home
. If ya'll would pray for her and her family, along with newly-married son and daughter-in-law, we would be thankful!
Here, Ivan Ivan Ivan, get the Texas stick, boy!
j/k j/k. I wouldn't wish anything like Ivan on anyone. Here's to hoping it turns away!
Jason