Okeechobee Florida is sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in Southern Florida. It is about 40 miles from the east coast of Florida. We are thankful that Hurricane Sandy stayed more than two hundred miles from the coast. As I am sure you have heard, Sandy grew in size as it headed north creating massive destruction along the New Jersey coast line as well as hundreds of miles to the north, south and west.
If you have been following our blogs, you saw that we were in Hatteras, North Carolina only a few weeks ago. The outer banks of North Carolina were hit with high winds and tidal surge. The tidal surge actually spilled over stretches of highway 12 that runs almost the entire length of the outer banks. Had we been there, we would have been forced to evacuate.
Here in Okeechobee, for two days, we had wind gusts between 30 and 40 mph and rain that came in waves. It would rain hard for awhile, then stop for awhile, then start all over again. We did not have any damage or power loss here. But, as Sandy moved farther north, the winds shifted out of the north in Florida and caused the fronds on the palm tree next to our 5th wheel to sweep against our bedroom slide roof. Inside the 5th wheel, it sounded like a heard of large mice running across the bedroom slide roof making sleep almost impossible. So, the next morning our neighbor cut several of the fronds off the tree, and we could finally get some sleep.
This is the tree that received a hair cut!
We are indeed thankful, that was our only issue with Sandy, and our prayers go out to all those who suffered in her path and lost their homes, and for some, their lives.
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