crimi481 wrote:Just read this from NHC Update.
Been on screened patio all night - and felt this gust. (2 miles south of Venice line)
Pretty wild night
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...
325 KM...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. DURING THE PAST
HOUR...A SUSTAINED WIND OF 43 MPH...69 KM/H...WITH A GUST TO
67 MPH...107 KM/H...WAS REPORTED AT VENICE FLORIDA.
I don't see how people can not be moved by winds and gusts of that amount. I have been in 15mph winds and felt like I had to struggle not to fall.

Good luck to you in Venice. (I thought you were in Venice, Louisiana at first, and thought what the heck??)