The Reverend Robert Mcallister who lived through the Last Island Hurricane of 1856 describes gravity being "superseded" by the storm as the roof and walls were blown away. “Nothing could fall. Everything that was in motion went horizontally.”
@diazgiles@roboticgeo I was specifying the region (the Deep South/Gulf South of the United States), not the Gulf of Mexico. Replying here due to the drive-by block.