Originally posted by TourDeForce:
As is typical, the storm is weakening as it moves overland. Orlando will have some trees down & such, but structural building damage will be limited to only the oldest & weakest buildings. Should be exciting, but no big deal in its overall effect.



I went and took a look around Orlando the night after the hurricane passed, 95% of the power was out. There's still a few hundred thousand people w/o power, including me. Huge tree's were toppled over in the middle of roads and on houses, steel signs were wrapped around poles. A friend's house was struck by 3 tree's, my mom's screened in pool is leveled. G-parent's are gonna need a new roof, there was shingles blown all over the road. I'm at a friends house near I-drive and Universal Studios so they still have power(can't piss off the tourists too much). No one else I know has power yet. Half the traffic light's are still out.

Driving around a metro area with a population of a million plus that is completely dark is a rather surreal experience. It's like your the last survivor in one of those end of civilization movies.