Wilma wind gusts in Florida??

[DESTRUCTION5]

For you North PB County & Martin County people:
1. Jonathan Dickinson missile tracking annex:
Highest Sustained: 82 mph
Highest Gust: 113 mph

2. Boat in S St. Lucie river reported a 133 mph gust at
35' above sea level. (Unofficial)

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/Wilma/PSHMLB.txt
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/events/?id=Wilma

It seems the higher winds were in PB & Martin Counties
instead of Broward & Dade.

This is cause it was Strenghtening as it exited in the Gulfstream...It was back to Cat 3 right off the coast and Martin St lucie got that Nasty back wall..Trust me, for me Wilma was worse than Frances and Jeanne..

[Blown Away]

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I made the mistake in not boarding the slider & french door on my back covered porch, thinking @80 mph gusts at the most. Almost a big mistake, we had to put the couch in front of the slider & the dining room table in front of the french doors, just to keep the from blowing in. I will never make that mistake again. I will always have faith in the NHC track, but when it comes to the forecast intensity I will always prepare for the worst. I don't get rattled easily, one of the scariest moments of my life. The worst was the door shutters were lying on the floor of the shed. With 3 little kids & 2 elderly parents, I would have never forgiven myself if those doors would have blown in and hurt someone.

[boca]

North Broward got racked pretty good.Northern half of Broward,Palm Beach and martin county saw the brunt of this storm.On 441 south of Atlantic Blvd to Commercial Blvd their are no power poles for electricity their are on the ground still.

[DESTRUCTION5]

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I made the mistake in not boarding the slider & french door on my back covered porch, thinking @80 mph gusts at the most. Almost a big mistake, we had to put the couch in front of the slider & the dining room table in front of the french doors, just to keep the from blowing in. I will never make that mistake again. I will always have faith in the NHC track, but when it comes to the forecast intensity I will always prepare for the worst. I don't get rattled easily, one of the scariest moments of my life. The worst was the door shutters were lying on the floor of the shed. With 3 little kids & 2 elderly parents, I would have never forgiven myself if those doors would have blown in and hurt someone.

My story exactly in Stuart except the Couch was not happening..It took my 235 lbs plus to hold them sliders from coming in...

[Deb321]

For you North PB County & Martin County people:
1. Jonathan Dickinson missile tracking annex:
Highest Sustained: 82 mph
Highest Gust: 113 mph

2. Boat in S St. Lucie river reported a 133 mph gust at
35' above sea level. (Unofficial)

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/Wilma/PSHMLB.txt
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/events/?id=Wilma

It seems the higher winds were in PB & Martin Counties
instead of Broward & Dade.

I believe that, as I said I went through Jeanne which if I'm not mistaken made landfall as a cat3 and Wilma was almost as bad in my opinion.

[Deb321]

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I made the mistake in not boarding the slider & french door on my back covered porch, thinking @80 mph gusts at the most. Almost a big mistake, we had to put the couch in front of the slider & the dining room table in front of the french doors, just to keep the from blowing in. I will never make that mistake again. I will always have faith in the NHC track, but when it comes to the forecast intensity I will always prepare for the worst. I don't get rattled easily, one of the scariest moments of my life. The worst was the door shutters were lying on the floor of the shed. With 3 little kids & 2 elderly parents, I would have never forgiven myself if those doors would have blown in and hurt someone.

Luckily I did prepare as though it would be a major hurricane and even with the shutters up the slider on the patio was weaving in and out. I also had noises coming from the plumbing in my bathrooms and that has never happened in the past. It was very scarey