re: Eye wall of cat 3 or higher.

Took my family to an Orange Beach condo in Sept 2020 for our first vacation in years. That week hurricane Sally was projected to hit near the LA/MS coast. As it started weakening to a Cat 1 we decided to stay and ride it out even though the eye was slowly creeping towards us. Last minute it rapidly intensified to a High Cat 2 (almost a 3) and slowed down to 1-2 MPH off the coast. It caught everyone in that area off guard, even the Kroger grocery store nearby was open until 1pm the same day and there was hardly any panic buying. We road through the northern eyewall all night and the huge eye for the better part of the next morning. My wife and daughters slept the while night while I stayed up praying for the RI to stop. Part of the roof started leaking, and we captured the water in bowls. I parked our van near the road after looking for the highest elevation on the FEMA flood maps. Mine was one of about seven vehicles in the complex that did not flood! Next day we drove home, cutting our vacation short by three days, but I was thankful we were just renting for the week.