thanks guys. so far so good. i was supposed to work until 7a - 7p today, but they let me and a couple of others off at 3p to get home once they realized that the worst was beginning at 7p.
ahmad - most of the houses lost to the flooding are going to be vacation homes at the beach. and i'm sorry if it sounds callous, but if you build on a strip of land that's less than half a mile wide between a very large bay and the ocean and made up of sand then you should expect to lose your home if anything more than high tide strikes.
these are screenshots i took from our various traffic cameras around the beach area. everything else just looks like a normal storm so far.
the first shot was the dual highway. we'll see if it's still there when the water recedes. the water coming from the right (west) is the indian river inlet, the water on the left is the ocean.
the second and third shots are a signal cabinet box (stands 4-4.5 ft tall depending on the base) partially under water at 915 and completely under water at 1145. the odd thing is the box contains the electricity to the camera and the camera still worked. as of 3pm today it still hadn't shorted out.
the last two shots are of indian river inlet bridge with the beach on it and later when the water started covering it. this is the same dual highway as the first picture, so 4 lanes total and a very large bike path..
google map - point a where the camera for the first shot is located, point b is the inlet bridge.
