This is my only real gripe with Hulu. They need to get The Weather Channel badly. It’s unreal entertainment during hurricane and blizzard season.
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Hurricane Ian's destruction
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For all you YTTV homers, I know YTTV has it, so save your typing fingers, please
You are correct. Even with these winds, it shouldn't be like what happened in Homestead with Andrew.....hopefully.
My wife has friends east of the Tampa area and the main worry is the storm surge and it's coinciding with high tide. That is what is really scaring the locals.
I was worried about Sanibel when I saw the hurricane track. With how big the storm surge is, I'd be surprised if there was anything left which is super unfortunate. I loved going there.
Yeah, we went there on vacation a couple times, and really enjoyed it. I cannot imagine going through something like this on that island. Not a lot there to stop it, and the whole island is basically a sand bar of sea shells.
Pretty much. If the storm surges are truly going to get to 16 feet, nothing on that island will survive except maybe the lighthouse but that's even pushing it.
Parents place getting hit. Area evacuated yesterday. Neighbors put stuff in pool, etc. for us. Hoping to hear news in a a few days if we will need to head down or not depending upon how quickly neighbors can get back on island. Their place is elevated for storm surges but vehicle, boat, etc could be ruined if bad enough.
Hurricane clean up was not on my radar as part of our harvest duty list.
Hurricane clean up was not on my radar as part of our harvest duty list.
Yeah we used to vacation down there a lot as a kid, Sanibel is a great place. Really sad to watch. My aunt and uncle have a place in Ft Myers, but its away from the coast a bit so hopefully its safe from the surge.
I was supposed to be in a condo on the beach in Siest Key this week. Friday night we saw Ian developing south of Cuba and moved all our plans to early November. At the time it was a gamble since hurricanes are wildly unpredictable — some peter out, some head in a totally different direction. Definitely glad we made the decision we did.
Best of luck to the people down in FL.
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Best of luck to the people down in FL.
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Sounds like they are set up better than most. It's good that it didn't hit Fort Myers head on.
Live camera from Naples pier
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Couldn't find one from Sanibel, as it sounds like most of them are down.
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Couldn't find one from Sanibel, as it sounds like most of them are down.
The eye of Ian will pass directly over my mom's house. The construction is rated for winds up to 135 mpg (gusts this morning were 190). She had mentioned yesterday that they would go to a friend's home that was even sturdier if it looked like the storm would strengthen beyond predictions (which it did). I haven't heard from her since yesterday afternoon and don't know where she is currently or if they still have power. The rode out Charley which was a MUCH weaker storm (Charley's eye passed just five miles east of the home they had then), so figured they'd be ok this time and chose not to leave. Left work today because I wasn't particularly focused. I just want to hear something from her.
Damn man, hope everything works out ok. She is probably fine with zero reception, but I know there are some long hours ahead.
Even 10 ft of surge on Sanibel will submerge the majority of the island. Captiva would be 100% underwater at less than 10 ft.
My Mom's boss has a home on Sanibel and I'm fairly certain it's not on stilts if I remember correctly. It'll be interesting to hear how much is left of it when its all said and done.
If the surge is 16-18 feet, with no stilts, I’d imagine nothing will be left.
