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Been mostly awake since 0300. From the screenshot, this was from 0416. We're now in Helene's wake. Haven't checked the news reports yet.

Very little here as a rain event, less than half an inch. (I checked another Ambient station in the neighborhood, similar reading.) The wind sensor is nearly useless, but from the sounds of things, it was mostly a wind event. Could hear it howling last night.

It will be difficult to assess the affects of this hurricane for some time. Any thorough understanding will have to include the experience of Florida's insured, and they are very often quite forgotten.

The Florida legislature, like all of Florida's state government apparatus, has been ruled by the Republican Party of Florida for more than a generation, and their recent property insurance "reforms," were nothing more than a "heads I win, tails you lose" gift to the insurance industry.

I guess the insurance lobby could squeeze their balls more than the trial lawyers.

Originally posted at Nice Marmot 05:18 Friday, 27 September 2024