I really feel for the Floridians, and all others affected, but they really missed it in their predictions for us. Flooding as far north as Atlanta, from the outer bands' rains, and flash flood warnings were issued for us (4-6" of rain), 120 miles north. Also predicted for us, wind gusts of over 40mph.
When I went to bed last night, the "eye" was predicted to hit Atlanta at 8AM, us at 10 AM.
When I got up, it looked as if the eye was already ill formed and appeared it would bypass Atlanta, which it eventually did, or what was left of it.
The eye was predicted to pass very near to us (SE TN) but there was no eye left. Between yesterday and today we'd be lucky to get 3" of rain, badly needed, and wind? Really nothing to speak of.
I think we may still get maybe an inch or two of more rain from now until tomorrow, but coming as it has been--mostly a slow drizzle--it will be most appreciated, no flash flooding.
No power outages in the region, so I hope our local electric service providers will dispatch their linemen to the worst stricken areas to help in the recovery--no power is a real bitch.
