Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

South Florida escaped Hurricane Matthew essentially unscathed when the storm zigged instead of zagging.  I read that 50,000 people, mostly in the county north of us, Broward, lost power.  Here the lights flickered a couple of times and surged once despite our house-sized surged protector.

Now to take the patio stuff back outside.  Meanwhile, the radio suggests that the northern part of the state is still at risk of landfall, and that a ten-foot (!) storm surge may hit some places.  Plus waves.

Tropical storm and/or hurricane watches are likely for portions of the Florida peninsula and Florida Keys later this morning.

The track of Hurricane Matthew has been drifting west as the northward motion slows.  Currently poor Haiti is under it.  If the track doesn’t drift West any more, Miami should be fine….but if it does shift a bit more West…this is a very big and nasty hurricane.