Been a crazy year so far! Covid, social/political unrest, and a very active hurricane season. We were in the forecasted path of seven storms this year so lots of time spent on storm prep.
#1 First we had TS Christobal in early June. That one passed about 20 miles to my east but luckily only tropical storm - some nasty weather but I didn't lose power.
#2 In July TS Fay formed to our south but drifted off to the east.
At the end of August we had two storms heading in our direction. I bought a new generator as I figured at least one of the storms would knock out our power. #3 First was cat 1 hurricane Marco. That one fell apart just before landfall to our south. Most of the nasty weather was well to our east and I did not lose power.
#4 A few days later it was cat 4 hurricane Laura. The track gradually shifted to the west with landfall 180 miles to our west. Most of the nasty weather was to our west and I did not lose power.
#5 In the middle of September it was cat 2 hurricane Sally. This one was head straight for us but made an abrupt right turn about 18 hours before landfall so it came ashore 150 miles to our east. Most of the nasty weather was to our east and I did not lose power.
#6 Early October brought cat 3 hurricane Delta. The track on this one shifted to the west to near where Laura made landfall about 170 miles to our west. Most of the nasty weather was to our west and I did not lose power.
#7 The end of October brought cat 3 hurricane Zeta. This one was a direct hit. It was forecast to maybe get to a weak cat 2 but weaken before landfall. The weakening part didn't happen. It got up to max sustained winds of 111-112mph (weak cat 3). Lots of heavy wind and rain on the front side of the storm. I lost power about 2 hours before the eye reached us. We were in the eye for about 30 minutes and I used that time to get the generator going and do a quick damage survey. Then came the backside, lots of heavy wind but not much rain. Lucky this was a fast moving storm as the time at 100mph+ sustained winds was minimized.
