Hurricane Ian

[Grumpy old man]

They are projecting it will make landfall around the tampa bay area which if it does will be a worst case scenario , It's been over a 100 years since Tampa bay took a direct hit and the Pinellas county area is built out with homes lining every square foot of shoreline, Tampa bay is a hard place to evacuate from with basically I-75 heading North and I-4 heading east and the traffic is already backing up . I talked with one of my friends yesterday and they are leaving for Nashville this morning .

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane...-the-southeast

[A1971Blazer]

we have some friends in the Sarasota, Anna Maria Island area as well..
not looking good for them....

[Grumpy old man]

I lived on the beach there for 25+ years the barrier islands used to be all connected to the mainland by draw bridges and as the storms came closer they would raise the all draw bridges to allow marine traffic access to safe harbor basically traqpping all the residents on the beaches during the storms , beach bars in the 1980's would remain open for the hurricane parties , The storms would basically go around the bay area and many people would just ride them out , I remember guys water sking up Gulf blvd towed behind a jeep , The waves would come up so far into the bars people would be sitting ontop of the bar itself to get out of the water , The cops would try to shut them down but that never worked . The area now is all multi million Mc mansions 10 feet apart and 3 stories high with new owners from up north that have never been thru a storm like this . I moved to the country in Tn years ago to get away from the crowds and traffic , it has to be 10 times worse now .

[special-K]

I guess they didn't know they were lucky for 100 years. I pray for those in it's path. The elevation is so low there. The storm surge will be a big problem

[best view]

I live in englewood were it’s to be landing I am a half mile from the ocean but i also have a home in nh,Iam half way down there and decided to turn around and go back to nh its sad i just finished restoring the 1967 Floridian house I am a licensed carpenter

[Getter-Done]

Here is hoping people can plan for this.

[special-K]

They are saying Ft. Meyers for the direct hit and staying at cat-4. Supposed to move slowly up the coast and drop possibly 25" of rain in places. They say it could dump 10-15" up through Georgia and NC. Doesn't look real good

[Grumpy old man]

I wouldn't want to have to rely on an electric car to evacuate , Having to sit in miles long traffic jams and limited charging stations along the way , The south west area of Florida has been built out with mc mansions , The damage this storm will inflict will take years to repair and when the blue collar workers have been priced out of housing the costs to bring in all the workers on a daily basis to restore Biff and Buffy's beach front digs on the barrier islands Just the cleanup of debris will take a long time , if your in construction head to Fl and name your price .

[A1971Blazer]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

, if your in construction head to Fl and name your price .

The scammers are already on the way....bad news for FL insurance providers who are already hard-hit....
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...rket-rcna49687

[Grumpy old man]

Scroll thru the pictures of the damage from hurricane Charley in 2004 that hit the same area , it's bad , I hope everyone got out of the way for this one . This storm is 3 times the size of Charley

https://www.naplesnews.com/picture-g...va/2054906001/

[Grumpy old man]

Live cam in naples beach .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOpsRhHB7k

[Ol Blue K20]

Praying for everyone in it's path!

[Grumpy old man]

Ron white always has a comment .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Fu-v490-c

[best view]

I think my house might still be there I stopped in Virginia, will turn around and go back to nh i live in englewood thats close to fort Myers I might be down to one house

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

Ron white always has a comment .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Fu-v490-c

For Sure.
If you get hit by a Volvo it don't matter how many Sit-up's You done.

Hope this is not Devastating for the Coast.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

Hope this is not Devastating for the Coast.

I'm anxious to hear how the west coast as well as mainland of Florida is. Unfortunately, video from Ft. Myers looks exactly as I pictured it would. And the title of the video is dead-on. I wonder how far inland 9' of surge was blown in a place that is virtually at sea level. This is terrible

Florida becomes the ocean! Hurricane IAN makes...

[Grumpy old man]

The storm surge was pretty bad , They are reporting "Hundreds dead " The area wasn't supposed to take a direct hit , Say a prayer for the people that didn't evacuate . pictures just now coming in are BAD .

[61_FL_Apache]

Ft Myers beach is leveled. Im on the east coast and just lost power about 2 hours ago. Made it all night with no power issues. Go figure!

[kwmech]

Have friends a couple miles north of Fort Meyers and was talking to them last night. They got hammered by the storm but lucky at the same time. The tidal surge came within 6'' of flooding their home before it receded. They have the 2nd highest home in the neighborhood. Needless to say they had a couple of neighbors staying over.

[richard2717]

My son and his family have been without electric since about 10pm but thankfully he has a generator. Has neighbor next door plugged in as well. He is about an hour south of Orlando and his boss told him they are working tomorrow in Tampa. My son said as far as he heard Tampa is totally flooded but will find out in the morning.

[kwmech]

Well there is this little gem. It may be 3 years old, but I don't think the I.Q. has gone up much on the Fed Gov't level

[Grumpy old man]

it's probably a good thing that all the rescue vehicles/helicopters / coastguard boats/ fire trucks / ambulances and police cars are fueled by gas , where would any electric whatever recharge to perform rescues services ? It's like the biggest fraud perputrated on America .

Why would anyone listen to a bartender ? Get my beer and here is your $1.00 tip Now go away !

[Steeveedee]

I was watching the news, and there are homes in 10 feet of water that are on fire. Talk about adding insult to injury...smh.

[DeadheadNM]

The devastation is incredible. My heart goes out to all those impacted.

[best view]

I just got pics of my house it’s got 2 palms trees on my house but looks like they had soft landings but there is water in the middle of the house but I think that may be wind driven at 150 mph,there is no sense of me going down there ,is no power no water no food they say iam one of 2 houses that survived on my street wow thats englewood near fort Myers