I had a wild night here on the water, which got a good bit higher than it did during any of the storms in '04.
We lost power from 2:30AM until 4:AM, and I was out several times during that time securing various things that my wife didn't think would blow away, but were floating around or submerged.
When I went out on the fixed dock to the boat (which would have been long gone if I hadn't put out a couple of extra long lines that afternoon), I was in almost waist deep water. By 4:AM, it had gone up another foot, but started dropping by 5:AM (high tide at Bayport was about 3:AM).
There is crap everywhere; limbs down, and leaves and other stuff that floated up on the high water all over everything.
I'd intended to start doing the cleanup today, but it's still raining.
I had the genny set up (it still is), but didn't need it.
I believe that evey one of the older built on grade houses here had water inside them.
There was a news crew, power company and cable company trucks, and wreckers around here most of yesterday.
We're fortunate that our property is on what was a natural ridge in the swamp long before this area was developed. A couple of feet in elevation can make a huge difference when you're on the water.
Our older place, put in in '77, is about 3 feet above grade. This one we put up in 2002 is nine feet above grade to the sub-floor.