Well, isn't this ‼fun‼. My town's RIGHT in the crosshairs of this thing. After it hits my town directly, it finally fizzles out, according to projections.
Thanks, Earth.
EDIT:
In some of my free time, I decided to screw around with PowderToy for a bit, and render some models of what the conditions are gonna be like during the storm, relative to how the property is setup, and based on the information I've gathered so far.
I oddly have faith that despite how horrible the conditions might get, I'll still have house to return to that's sufficiently intact. As it would turn out, a house built better to-code for the location is our neighboring house closer to the beach than us (and a little taller and built higher than ours as well), and doing an aerodynamic check on it, it looks like for a majority of the storm, that house is gonna take a majority of the beatings from the wind for us, and likely also last; but what's interesting is that a dome of relatively lower pressure would encase the area a bit (Plus, I think as the winds are more powerful, the more the "dome of protection" covers; the house is effectively a windshield, and our properties are like a huge car going pretty fast speeds with the top down), sorta keeping most of the sideways rain from hitting the house, and especially our back yard, and preserving the house from nastier winds (provided the wind direction remains consistent as it dies down by then). Add a retaining wall between our properties while at it, along with a beach fence while at it (with some help from vegetation surrounding us), and that should absorb much of the storm surge impacts too, leaving relatively minor flood damage at worst.
I'd be equally surprised, and not as much surprised to see our house standing once the storm passes. It has quite a track record for withstanding some serious storms, and still standing. A bit of (limited desktop) science clears up a few 'miracles' about why it continues to do so.
However, I'll still have to do a model on the shape of the houses (top-down perspective), and how those influence the winds, as well as the opposite winds after the eye passes. As much as the house will still stand, I'm sure the front of the house will still take a fair beating. It'll probably look worse than it actually is once we return home post-storm.
EDIT EDIT:
After doing a top-down simulation and even opposing winds after the eye passes by; I'm still surprisingly optimistic about this. At worst, we'll lose some siding, and a few shingles, and maybe have some wet floors, but that'll just about be it for us. Though I may need to find my car after the winds push it around a bit (tagging along in a different (full-tank) car, on evac). At least it's insured. Let's just hope the house doesn't become a pin-cushion from local debris.
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