The storm started during the morning of September 28th. We got all our pictures from a friend that decided to stay at the condo. Just as a side note, he said it was the scariest thing he had ever done and he wouldn’t do it again.
This was looking out his lani, 8:46 AM. Pretty windy but the water is not too high yet
11:33 AM, water still down but the pool box cover has blown off. Looks like the guy across the canal is going to loose his boat slip cover.
1:11 PM, the water is just coming over our docks. Quite the white caps in the canal.
1:57 PM, man, look at those waves and the water is creeping up.
2:03 PM, the guy’s boat across the canal broke lose. Hope it doesn’t come over and bash into ours. The water is up to the bottom of our cradle that holds the boat. And the other guy across the canal has not only lost the canvas on his boat cover but the bracing looks like it is shot too.
2:49, whoops, the guy across the canal just lost a large section of his roof. Hope he has insurance.
3:36 P.M. Looks like we are losing our soffits…..again! The water looks like it is very close to coming on the pool deck. Our lift looks like it is totally under water. 3:42 P.M. – We lost power
3:51 P.M. We lost our car ports.
4:33 P.M. The boat across the way has floated back into position. The blue hulled boat across the way has floated off it’s cradle and the water is just starting to enter our pool area. Our boats are floating now.
4:51 P.M. A little lull in the wind, let’s check out between the buildings. Pool is still ok, looks like we’ve lost a gutter and someone’s screen. Gary says when the short pilings go under, it will be close to our lani.
6:16, dang, the pools under the water. Look how high the water is on the bushes now. The boat must be floating now. Shoot, we are going to have a lot of water in our place :(.
6:16 That’s one of the other owner’s boat. He didn’t tie his up too good. Maybe he should of asked Gary for some help ;).
6:32 P.M. Our lines are still holding and the water is going down.
7:11 P.M. – storm is starting to slow down, our friend thinks it over. Now we’ll just have to wait to assess the damage.
Touch of Class 
WOW. Photos sure speak a thousand words!
Weren’t winds clocked at 120 or 130 near you?
Hard to fathom That much water and wind when it’s always been paradise!
Great photo story!!
WOW! That’s exciting just reading and looking at the pictures.
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We hadn’t seen several of these photos. It was more impressive/shocking/stunning to see everything in the light of day.
It sure surprised us how well the Tiki huts, Palm trees, most of the structures around you held up to those winds!
And then came the water ….