The husband of one of my Mom’s friends drove by my Mom’s house today and reported back that the only obvious exterior damage was a few missing shingles. Fortunately, she’d had a bunch of work done on the exterior of the house recently. While that might seem like having it rain after you washed your car, I suspect that a lot of the cedar siding on the second story got nailed or screwed down tighter while they were doing the work.
My biggest worry was that one of the big pine trees on the next lot had come crashing down on the house. Tornadoes were a big worry, too. Not long after a hurricane comes on shore, it begins to spin off small tornadoes. Some of these tornadoes can have winds approaching 200 miles per hour. Around ten years ago, a metal shed from our back yard in Biloxi got ripped away and ended up far away from the house in a tree. The winds from that particular hurricane definitely weren’t strong enough to have done that. Fortunately, these tornadoes tend to be fairly narrow and to dissipate quickly.
That’s awesome news – I’m so happy for you! Must be a huge relief for your whole family.