For the "whatever" category, all ended up fine in southeast Florida after Hurricane Matthew blew through. I am about 15 minutes north of West Palm Beach and 5.8 miles from the ocean. The center of the Category 4 storm eye was 70 miles east of West Palm when it went past me between 10 PM and 5 AM. Was an interesting night with limited sleep. Power went out about a dozen times but only for about 5 seconds each time. Not long enough for the generator to kick on. Went outside at daybreak to be pleasantly surprised to only find lots of small branches covering the ground. No trees down and no structure damage to my house or neighbors' houses. Had winds from the outer eye wall of between 75 and 100 MPH. With the winds and their duration, I was braced for a much worse outcome. The storm provided a true "wind test" for all of the projects I have designed (using DataCAD, of course) since the last hurricane to hit here 11 years ago. Checked with the contractor I do a lot of work with this morning and no calls to him about any problems.
Sun is starting to peak out now and life will get back to normal. Opened up all of the accordion hurricane shutters and daylight is my friend, once again.
Sun is starting to peak out now and life will get back to normal. Opened up all of the accordion hurricane shutters and daylight is my friend, once again.
David Porter AIA
(DataCadder since v.2)
(DataCadder since v.2)