Message #97894

[cleasterwood]

a kitesurfer who was caught in a gust of wind Monday was critically injured when he slammed into a building in front of the beach near Fort Lauderdale. Kevin Kearney, 28, was still in critical condition Tuesday, Broward General Medical Center officials and his family said.

Another guy got hit by flying debris, but he is in stable condition.  I've not heard an update about the kite-surfer.

Thankfully, we were damage free.  There were a few times during the night that the rain came in sideways & with each feeder-band that crossed, the wind pelted the house all night, but luckily we didn't lose power during this storm.  My hubby thinks it's going to be a nasty season this year.   Hope he's wrong, but we're not even in the height of season yet and there's another storm out in the Atlantic.  They're lining up already.  Oh well.  That's the price we pay for living in paradise.  At the least we can see them coming so we can be prepared when they hit us.  

Fay is still going strong with 20+ inches of rain.  Lots of flash flooding & tornadoes up north.  I just hope my in-laws are still okay.  They live in Brevard, but called us on Tuesday.   On the up-side (if there is such a thing), the lake gained a much needed foot of water to its super low levels.

Blessings,
Lynn