Hi everybody!!!
Even though the weather geniuses had Irma staying away from my area(just north of Orlando), it turns out what was left of Irma's eyewall went directly over my neighborhood between 2:15-2:50AM!
I've lived in Florida since I was 4, and have been through many storms over the years, but that was some of the scariest 35 minutes of my life for sure....I've never heard the wind howl like that in any of the previous storms I've faced.
This was preceded by what I believe was one of the many tornadoes spawned by Irma that passed just a few streets away from me, which knocked down two huge Oak trees crushing the power lines down the street, and knocking out power at 8:00PM on Sunday night.
Despite the fact that I didn't lose a single shingle on my house or tree on my property through 100mph winds from a tornado, and 115mph wind gusts in Irma's eyewall, my power was not restored until 7:00PM on Thursday. Four days of hell!!!
It was a tough ordeal, but I know many of my fellow Floridians have it way worse than me, and I am hoping all Floridians will be back to their normal lives as soon as possible.