Scorpion wrote:Yes, it would be frightening, but its something I wish to experience. I was not scared at all during Wilma, in fact I was outside in the eyewall. The building code is rated to 150 mph I believe, the only thing I have to worry about are the shutters failing or the roof going, and I am in an inside enclosed area with a mattress over my head. I would be quite safe.
What were the winds when you were outside during Wilma?
In Jasper during Rita (where I evacuated
to), several HOURS after the strongest winds passed, I tried walking outside and couldn't stand up without getting blown down. I'd *guess* fairly mild to medium TS winds at that point. There was no way in hell I could have walked around while we were getting hurricane force winds. Roofs were flying off and trees were uprooting and snapping in two all over the place. You'd be crazy to try and ride out a cat.5 - we will be many years recovering from a cat.3 here and many businesses/homes in SE TX are just gone forever.