Bruce, My pond was 30 miles from that eye! I was up all night watching. By the time it hit us in St.Louis it tore one of my trees down. I can't even BEGIN to imagine what that thing was like in Texas!
I can! WOW, WOW, WOW! I woke up at 3:30 AM to 70 MPH winds. Power went in and out, and I was able to brew two pots of coffee, take the last hot shower and arrange Ice stategically, as I have medicine that needs to be cold stored.
The power went out for good at 4:30 AM, and about 5-9 AM, I thought for sure we were going to lose all the windows.
Luckliy, this didn't happen. I got the dogs to go out without too much of a fight and it was like someone was pouring a bottomless bucket on our head. I don't know how they can gauge horizontal and upward rain.
When it settled down, we had no roof breach and no tree loss at the house. My office property was covered in Pecan leaves and I imagine the pecans flying off the trees were like shotgun shells. Small breach with a backed up gutter and fly off turbine, but will only need to replace about 300 SF of carpet.
Finally got to the Pond today (I almost forgot where I was posting!)
What a gorgeous day out there. The pond gained about 2 feet and hopefully, will gain more. Fishies were happy to see me, and the feeder was blown off it's bolts, so they were glad I hand fed them today. Boat had 3 feet of water in it. John Deere didn't fly. Lawn tractor slightly damaged.
All in all, a positive experience, although it was very scary for a while. I got power back in about 11 hours. My office neighborhood doesn't have power (as well as about 1.7 million people) so I've been shuttling Ice and filtered water in there.
As a Pond Bosser, it gave me an extra appreciation for WATER. The coast is in sad shape. God blessed me this weekend.
