Hurricane Milton

 October 9, 2024 Hurricane Milton made landfall at 8:30 p.m. near Siesta Key with sustained winds of 120 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

Milton was forecast to maintain hurricane intensity while crossing Florida this morning. After moving into the Atlantic, Milton is expected to gradually lose tropical characteristics and slowly weaken.

At 2 a.m. Thursday, October 10, Milton's winds dropped to 90 mph, making it a Category 1 storm, with a minimum central pressure of 975 mb. At 3 a.m the storm is passing just north of Melbourne in the Titusville area close to Cape Canaveral. Our home is located on this map just on top of the word "Melbourne."

Around that same time, I woke up and started watching the hurricane coverage on my computer. Inside our home I can hear very little wind and we still have power.  Although the weather maps are indicating gusts of up to 60 and 70 MPH, inside my office there is very little wind noise and outside no rain.  I guess we dodged the bullet so far. Or, maybe these new hurricane windows work better than I expected.

When I look out the windows in both our foyer and in our family room, I can see palms swaying in the gusts and large trees shaking.  

In the light of the street lamp, I can see not much is going on right now.

Just hope none of those trees decide to come down.

Unfortunately some pictures coming from Tampa and other west coast areas look pretty bad.  I guess we will know when the sun comes up.

Outside in our pool and lani area, I noticed Hubby D left his umbrella next to the wall of the house on the pool deck, probably to dry after he was outside sometime in the afternoon.  LOL the umbrella is still sitting there and has not been blown away….. guess it is not too bad here.

I will update this blog later when we have daylight.  I don't anticipate any major damage in our area. Whew.....

Cheers, Brenda

NOTE:  While our area was not badly hit, other areas were not spared.  It is so sad!!!!

Here is a 6AM update on the umbrella.... the winds changed direction!

5 a.m. update in Melbourne, Florida

Milton finally moved offshore just north of us.  Areas of Titusville and New Smyrna Beach look to be hit the hardest around us.

Some of the worse damage seems to be from SE Florida around St. Lucie and West Palm.

.  The tornadoes were a big problem.  

At 6 a.m. we are doing very good.