So. It's been a rough couple of days!
If you've been watching the news, at least two of the local TV stations broadcast their remote "Oh God we're all going to die" storm segment from my street.
This was two houses cattycornered to me.
This was about 6 houses down - probably a different angle of the same one you saw on the news. This one fell across the street, yanking lines from like 10 power poles away, breaking some, before striking the house fully across the street.
Then multiply that by about 100 for the neighborhood - then double it for the neighborhood across the main county road, which was also impassable for 18 hours or so.
We've really gotten walloped twice in a year. First with Irma, and now this which is worse. The recovery is going a bit faster with this one, though, because the damage is more concentrated. I came out unscathed except for lack of power, and it was back on within 48 hours. Still no landline internet.
I'm thankful it was no worse for me, and pray for all those affected get the best possible outcome.
Prepwise I've learned to keep a bigger generator here. All I'm worried about on the one hand is the food, but I should also have something to run my backup room air conditioner. While it was tempting to just abandon the house and go to the BOL, I had to tend the fuel tank to keep the fridge and freezer going. I did run up there last night to sleep - the generator only has to run about half a day.