I just was at the seashore during the East Coast's severe
Mother's Day storms a few days ago.(Sun 5-11 thru Mon 5-12)
We went to the beach condo, to be near our youngest son, who goes to college not far from there. It was to be a Mother's-Day night out, to a fine restaurant. The storm didn't start until after dinner.
It was A Mother's Day, 'mother' of a storm.
Driving rain, winds to 70 mph. Water coming in, thru the storm windows
on the ocean-side of the apartment.
Our car was hit by a flying, patio, umbrella table and had damage done
to the rear fender panel. Pieces of white plastic were embedded in the fender. We found the rest of the table plastic (the type with a hole in it, for an umbrella pole and weighted bottom), in pieces, about 30 yards away from the car, in a back yard on the next block.
Never found the pole, though.
The entire rear panel of our Honda & a back-up light lens, has to be replaced. When we got back to our home, we went to our local body & fender repair shop. The insurance adjuster said it looked like we'd been hit by another car (impossible, because of the place we'd parked it) at about 40-50mph.
Found it difficult to believe our story.
I felt weak, had loss of balance, and severe foot/leg & hand/arm pain, and was affected greatly by the storm. I tried at one point, to pack the car to leave on Mon., but the winds were so severe that it whipped one bag completely out of my grip (not that it was that tight a grip, because of PN weakness) and it weighed about 25-30 lbs!
When I got back into the apt, I had a nervous stomach (and diarrhea) from the fear. We were in a beach-front apartment, and I was afraid to go out again until the severity subsided. They said it was the worst that the seaside town has had, since the hurricane of '98. Flooding also was a deterrent as to us leaving. We had to stay an extra day, and didn't get back until yesterday (Tues 5/13) evening.
My PN pain was rampant for 2 days, and still is at a higher level
than it normally is.