OK, so it isn't that impressive to look at, but that's a category three hurricane about 12 hours before the eye passed about 40 miles to the east.
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If anyone's interested, I'll post "after" pictures, but there's no bikes stuck in mud or wimmin in bikinis so I don't think anyone cares.