Melissa very close to the top of the Atlantic list whatever measure you want to use and it's making landfall intact. Doesn't really matter if it's rated #1 or #3 on some list.
Lots of streams around Bow have been totally dry or just stagnant pools of water. Been hiking in the area for years and had never seen them dry until this season.
It's pretty wild how cold it is getting out of Lake Tahoe on a hot summer day with that desert dry air and consistent breeze. Been decades but I won't forget that.
It wouldn't take much to exceed Charley in surge for that area. It wasn't a factor. Milton is a lock to exceed the surge and unlikely reach the same type of wind damage in Port C/PG.
Watching a potentially bad surge situation approach a large low elevation population give me Katrina vibes. Having lived in SW FL I know there plenty of stubborn and complacent people who will stay in risky areas too.