Yeah, I was down in Georgia for Opal. It hit Alabama harder, but still within 90 miles of the epicenter, but 100+ miles inland. And not much to report but a lot of wind and some rain. 60-90mph winds. Which is nothing if you've ever lived in Southern California or Central Texas. Most damage was caused by falling trees. Facilitated by near dought conditions before Opal. I just visited Georgia last weekend. And strangely similar drought conditions. No one died locally from Opal. From the storm anyway. But a couple of people died from a tree branch falling on them the day after the storm. And parts of Alabama went without power for five days.
Eduouard (sp?) just passed through these parts. Or so they said. Didn't rain at all three weeks prior or three weeks after (central Texas). But has rained pretty good the past couple of days. Kind of neat how it goes from dry / brown to wet /green almost overnight. If it didn't come with a price anyway. Mowing twice a week if this rain keeps up.
