I still see blue skies outside down here, looking SW...

Coastal Cities   Wind   Rain   Surge
Miami   Gusts <40 mph   1" or less   <1 foot
West Palm Beach   Gusts <40 mph   1" or less   <1 foot
Melbourne   Gusts <40 mph   1" or less   <1 foot
Daytona Beach   Gusts <40 mph   1" or less   <1 foot

...this is going way wide of me for sure

Yeah, you're clear to go to CO.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0005idz/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/last_event/states/states_colorado.php

...and me car camping for a week in a rental car, with no gun:)

Was your house damaged, RC?  I mean other than the landscaping?

And, I must say, you live in a beautiful place...

>damaged

Nothing structural and no water damage (my windows and doors held, which is more than I can say for most of my neighbors' houses).  When I built the house, I left 3 or 4 large trees within 10 or 15 feet of house on the waterfront side.  Luckily, a few years before Isabel I decided that wasn't such a smart idea and removed them. 

>I must say

Thanks.  I did decide re-skin the exterior after the hurricane cleared my trees. The 'cedar-planked lodge' look just wasn't right without being in a grove.  Besides, I was getting tired of the cedar exterior.  It's hardi-plank now. Still a work-in-progress.

>And, I must say, you live in a beautiful place...

More than that, it's an awesome house in a lovely area.

RC,  Sounds like you were prepared, but also lucky when that one hit.

Do you have big tidal ranges down there?  Being to near to the sea is a problem in the UK<, as if a Spring tide coinsides with a storm, then the water rises even higher, so defences are broken.

Strikes me all that wind could do the same. 

Never have like coconuts. I see another reason to dislike them now. 

You aren't kidding.  It looks like the Outer Banks are going to be hit worst.
I was down there yesterday and the ocean current was crazy.  Couldn't plant our feet, the water was carrying us North.

Here's hoping neither of us needs a boat.  I'm off to the grocery store at 6:30am to find some bottled water.  Hopefully.

Rupert, hate the storm, not the coconuts.  They are God's gift.... especially when mixed with rum and crushed ice:)

I woke up and the sky is grey, wind is fairly quiet.  Looks like she's starting to make herself known...

Mmm, been having the odd cocktail. 

Made my own black current juice the other day, added some ice and white rum....

See you nearly had be convince Dogboy, but compared to black currents?  Sorry Black current wins   

>> I hear they kill more people a year than sharks:)
Hey, if a shark comes hurtling through the air at 100mph you'll be wishing it was a coconut!

damn, raining 100mph sharks?  Yeah, bad day indeed!

Rupert, you aint got nothin on me...

  _{Note to self... take picture of next cocktail for Dogboy....}