Tropical storms and hurricanes are unfortunately no strangers to people in Florida, and as such, Fay's arrival was not much of a surprise. Fortunately for us, she just "brushed" the coast here and as such caused relatively mild damage. At our house, we had a yardful of twigs and branches to pick up, and the inconvenience of torrential rains for 2 days straight, but luckily, nothing other than this.Being a curious sort of person, I decided to venture out in the wind and rain to see the effects of Fay at the beach. The included photos show some of what I saw. In the first photo you can see in the severe bend of the sea oats that the wind was quite strong. In the second photo note the waves washing up on the beach. Doesn't look too suspect, right? Well, being a resident I can tell you this is not the usual state of this beach. Normally this part of the beach is popular among residents as well as vacationers as a good place to lay out and catch some rays. The waves on a typical sunny summer day do not come up anywhere near this far on the beach. And in fact, looking closely at this photo, one does not really see any evidence of a beach. The third photo shows the high winds blowing the palm trees. My family thought I was crazy for venturing out into the storm, but I was glad I did. As I was going about the Island I was totally awed by the power of this tropical storm. And just to note: I wouldn't be going out and about if a hurricane was in town. More likely I would be evacuated with my family, or in the case of a relatively mild hurricane, holed up in my home weathering the storm. As storms go, Fay was relatively minor and experiencing her directly was both awesome and also a reminder to me to never underestimate storms and hurricanes.
GOOD-BYE FAY ... we won't miss you
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