Tropical Depression/Storm Ian of Concern to Western Florida and Panhandle

With son and granddaughters front seat, have been glued to YouTube, multiple channels following this event live.
 
Resasi said:
Eye just hitting landfall South of Sarasota at Port Charlotte, High winds in Sarasota have called for people now to shelter in place.

The eye will miss Abid in Zephyrhills and be well South of him. My son is at hunkered down in Riverview just southwest of Tampa Bay, so on the top fringe of the eye.

Wauchula wind speeds now showing over 100mph, heavy rains. Looks as though it will push on up over Orlando then exit the panhandle further north around Port St Lucie area.

Looks as though a lot of people are going to take a real beating. Thoughts and prayers for all the folks this passes over and effects.

State Governor De Santis coming across really well in his briefings, the State seems very well prepared, and it is heartening to see the efforts being made by neighbouring States to provide aid, assets, National Guard and volunteers to help and be prepared for the aftermath.
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Hope so! Been said before!
 
Now heading for Wauchula, have a couple friends there. Crossed fingers for them.
 
Well getting gusty winds with driving rain and the power is now out. Last time I had a big generator and window unit AC this time I have a 3500 inverter from Harbor Freight. It’s buried in my garage and I hope it starts in a little while when I need it. I am Ill prepared for this because of my injury. It will never happen again.
 
Hoping it goes well for you Mike. Where are you now?

Right now the centre is heading right for Wauchula.

Next couple of hours increasingly high winds and extremely heavy rains for Tampa area/
 
Mayfield said:
How's it looking Abid? Does the projected ground track still have you on the bullseye?

Wishing the best for you folks.

Jim
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It seems to have taken a turn more to the east. We will be to the west of it. So that reduces chances of tornados. Expect tropical storm force winds. A foot of rain though by tomorrow late afternoon. At my house seen gusts around 60 mph max. More to come early AM. That would be the worst time here.
 
Hope all are ok. We moved aboard our sailboat in 2004 and did East Coast, Maine to Bahamas for several years. Got our home in Punta Gorda caught in hurricane Charlie and took 2 years to resolve damage. Before that we had 2 more storms to deal with, Bonnie (Bonnie Raitt played a concert at Wolf Trap) and Isabella just as I retired. We cruised for 11 years and avoided the US Coasts like the plague forever. We decided to get out of Florida in 2015 and have never looked back. Insurance, politics, planning/zoning, etc. I had a very lucrative business, Yacht Systems, that I miss a bunch but would never consider going back. Hoping everyone gets past this ok.

Bobby
 
"Politics" ?
Florida has some pretty good "politics", I hear.
 
Smack said:
"Politics" ?
Florida has some pretty good "politics", I hear.
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@Smack, for someone who seems to take pops at 'Inappropriate' thread drift, this would seem pretty inappropriate considering the millions of Floridians, who are right now, taking a severe life threatening hammering... would you not agree!???
 
Here is what happened south of us where it made landfall

 
Resasi said:
Hoping it goes well for you Mike. Where are you now?

Right now the centre is heading right for Wauchula.

Next couple of hours increasingly high winds and extremely heavy rains for Tampa area/
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I am in Southern Plant City. East side of 39 just North of 60. Winds are still pretty bad here. I lost limb on my tree front yard during Irma. Now the whole tree has been blown over. Can’t see much cause power has been out since 6 pm. Too hot to sleep and the wind is howling so too loud to sleep as well. Hope daylight shows little damage to everyone. My heart goes out to the people down south. The people of Charlotte county have been through hell.
 
Sv.grainne said:
Hope all are ok. We moved aboard our sailboat in 2004 and did East Coast, Maine to Bahamas for several years. Got our home in Punta Gorda caught in hurricane Charlie and took 2 years to resolve damage. Before that we had 2 more storms to deal with, Bonnie (Bonnie Raitt played a concert at Wolf Trap) and Isabella just as I retired. We cruised for 11 years and avoided the US Coasts like the plague forever. We decided to get out of Florida in 2015 and have never looked back. Insurance, politics, planning/zoning, etc. I had a very lucrative business, Yacht Systems, that I miss a bunch but would never consider going back. Hoping everyone gets past this ok.

Bobby
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Where are you now Sir? I am a native Floridian and despite us having what I consider an awesome Governor the rest of this state is going to hell. I got convinced to get solar and now I’m regretting it as I’m pretty sure the wind is catching under them and trying to rip my roof off. Plus the state has let the power company to charge me 140 a month fuel surcharge so my almost nothing electric bill I had because of solar is now 174-200 dollars a month. Plus the added cost of the solar on my mortgage. I have a few more years at my job and I’m either getting the F out of New York South or move to Northern Florida where the infestation hasn’t hit yet.
 
I've experienced half a dozen major earthquakes in three countries and two states (6.0 or greater). Made it through an EF-3 tornado in Nebraska. I had to evacuate from my house twice due to brush/wildfires, and seen the aftermath of two hurricanes. I have yet to experience one first hand. If I had to choose, I'd keep my earthquakes and give up the rest.

My continued prayers for everyone to remain safe, secure, and injury free during this time of natural peril.

Wayne
 
Earlier today I was asked if I was able to deploy to Florida (emergency management, incident command with DoD). Regretfully I had to turn the mission down. My wife is having surgery next week and I need to remain with her and monitor her recovery at home.

Wayne
 
okikuma said:
I've experienced half a dozen major earthquakes in three countries and two states (6.0 or greater). Made it through an EF-3 tornado in Nebraska. I had to evacuate from my house twice due to brush/wildfires, and seen the aftermath of two hurricanes. I have yet to experience one first hand. If I had to choose, I'd keep my earthquakes and give up the rest.

My continued prayers for everyone to remain safe, secure, and injury free during this time of natural peril.

Wayne
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At least with most hurricanes you have time to prepare and get out if need be.
 
MikeBoyette said:
At least with most hurricanes you have time to prepare and get out if need be.
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The preparations that have been made for during the Hurricane and the aftermath have been very impressive, but as Abid's video shows it has been pretty terrifying for those people who stayed, were right in its path and filmed what was happening.

Thoughts and prayers for those who have been through, or are sustaining catastrophic damage, loss of worldly possessions, life or serious injury during this event.

My younger son has been through a few now, but luckily the worst was having the roof torn off the house he was in and his car trashed.

Bit rough being in a spot where the last one hit as well. Those poor folks have been trashed again, that's hard.
 
I interested to see what my neighborhood looks like because our power went off at around 6pm and hasn’t come back on yet. House seems to be in good shape. I keep hearing a noise and I suspect my neighbors trampoline has been thrown against my house. She had no anchorage at all holding it down. It sounded like my roof was lifting up every time we got a huge gust some seemed like they were over a hundred miles per hour. I’m hoping it was just the trampoline flexing and not my roof. I’m awake because it’s so hot in my house I had to open a window now I can’t sleep because I’m anxious to see what I own looks like.
 
I live next to Tampa North Airpark about 20 miles west of Zephyrhills. Still have power, natural gas and water. No damage that I am aware of. Just a lot of rain and wind.
 
MikeBoyette said:
Where are you now Sir? I am a native Floridian and despite us having what I consider an awesome Governor the rest of this state is going to hell. I got convinced to get solar and now I’m regretting it as I’m pretty sure the wind is catching under them and trying to rip my roof off. Plus the state has let the power company to charge me 140 a month fuel surcharge so my almost nothing electric bill I had because of solar is now 174-200 dollars a month. Plus the added cost of the solar on my mortgage. I have a few more years at my job and I’m either getting the F out of New York South or move to Northern Florida where the infestation hasn’t hit yet.
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Mike:

Moved to Kerrville, TX in 2017. Saw you were stationed at Ft Huachuca. I started my Government career there in 1969!

Good luck with storm/aftermath.

Bobby
 
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