Rainfall reports out of the Melbourne area are stunning. Over 2' of rain has fallen, and more is on the way. This will likely go down as the biggest rain event ever to hit the Cape. But it could set another record. Never has a storm made 4 separate landfalls in Florida. There storms have made 3 landfalls. They are the unnamed 1878 hurricane, Easy in 1950, and the famous Donna in 1960.
If Fay tracks into the Gulf later this week and hits the Panhandle, which is quite possible, it would be the only storm with four landfalls. it first hit Key West early this week, then Marco Island south of Naples, likely Daytona on Thursday, then a fourth...