Actually living through a Category 5 hurricane Michael Mexico Beach is an experience you will never forget!! I was shocked at what I saw unfolding in front of my eyes and had no idea I would witness those things. You are living in the moment, not knowing what to expect the next minute. You are on your feet trying to sense what’s going to happen next.

These photos were taken through our upstairs window facing the east. These photos do not show the worst of the destruction in Mexico Beach Hurricane Michael, but what we saw around our house.

In our house was my 97 year old grandmother, uncle and myself. Uncle and I held the house together holding the living room window as my grandmother was downstairs. During the time I was downstairs checking on my grandmother, the east side of the house and the south side had its edges of the roof blown off. That ripping of the house had to of been a couple of seconds.

The severe hurricane Michael Mexico Beach force winds lasted for about three hours, 2:30-5pm. Once the winds died down, we walked around the house and observed the destruction within our view. We didn’t have much time before it was sunset time. We smelled smoke in our yard, but didn’t know where it was coming from. Off to a hard nights sleep!