Starting to feel it, Im just north of Orlando in Altamonte Springs. Last I heard the eye wall was 5 miles from Cape Canaveral. Got beer so we will make it.
Do you keep a generator handy ? You know, for important stuff like beer and recharging the computer & phone.
That crap ALWAYS happens at night too.
I went through a half dozen hurricanes down there, and always lost power at night.
After Wilma, we were out of power for 2 weeks. Our side of the street was the last to get power, and I had to watch people ACROSS THE STREET with their lights on for a week before FPL got around to us. For some reason they couldn't get us up. It would be up for an hour, then off for 2 days, then on for a couple hours, then off for 2 more days. Almost lost my damn mind. Hang in there, man. Lotta trucks on their way down there from NC and SC.My power has been off since about 9pm last night and I have yet to see the power company anywhere near us. It's weird how dark my neighborhood is with no lights. Most of our friends have power... just our luck.
I do have a big generator that powers my fish tank and my garage refrigerator.