Hurricane Ian's destruction
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Cyclonepride
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This would scare the ever loving **** out of me.
I just heard from her. They made it to the friend's home and are as prepared as they can be. Their internet is out, but still have power for now. She asked for updates since they don't have access to information right now. It's a relief that she's where she's probably the safest for having not evacuated. But it will be a long day/night if we lose contact (which I honestly expect at some point today). Thank you for the messages, likes, etc. on the previous post - that means a lot to me.
A good reminder for us all to have a battery, solar, whatever type of radio.I just heard from her. They made it to the friend's home and are as prepared as they can be. Their internet is out, but still have power for now. She asked for updates since they don't have access to information right now. It's a relief that she's where she's probably the safest for having not evacuated. But it will be a long day/night if we lose contact (which I honestly expect at some point today). Thank you for the messages, likes, etc. on the previous post - that means a lot to me.
I am in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. Very lucky for us that storm moved 40 miles south, not so much for Ft. Meyers.
The State and more importantly, the counties, are exceptionally well organized. On Monday they started picking up elderly and special needs and moved them to special shelters. Manatee county has an email chain that keeps us informed. Our county has shelters for 26,000 people, but as of 2 hours ago there were only 5,000 in use.
With storm moving south we will have high winds of only 80 mph or so, but we expected to get up to 20 inches of rain. Not fun but manageable. Part of living close to the coast.
Another thing is the people around here are very generous with helping their neighbors and friends. We live further from the water so we have 5 people at our house that were in an evacuation zone in Sarasota.
The State and more importantly, the counties, are exceptionally well organized. On Monday they started picking up elderly and special needs and moved them to special shelters. Manatee county has an email chain that keeps us informed. Our county has shelters for 26,000 people, but as of 2 hours ago there were only 5,000 in use.
With storm moving south we will have high winds of only 80 mph or so, but we expected to get up to 20 inches of rain. Not fun but manageable. Part of living close to the coast.
Another thing is the people around here are very generous with helping their neighbors and friends. We live further from the water so we have 5 people at our house that were in an evacuation zone in Sarasota.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this area hasn't seen a major hurricane in 100 years? With the shallow waters and decades of development I'm not sure we'll see destruction like this again for a while. At least until a cat 5 hits new Orleans. Would be worse if it directly hit Tampa.
My mom and her husband live in Punta Gorda, right between Port Charlotte and Ft. Myers. That is pretty much a bullseye where the eye of the storm will make landfall. "Its the price of living in paradise."
Tampa hasn't seen a major hurricane in 100 years, where Ian was originally forecast to make landfall. Charley came though the exact same spot as Ian 18 or so years ago (the summer after my mom and her husband moved there). Charley was bad, lots of damage, but not as bad as this one is supposed to be. Charley peak winds were 150, but it dropped a bit before landfall.
My wife's cousin and his family live in the Cape Coral/Fort Meyers area. Last I checked, they were not planning to evacuate. I hope that has changed since I last checked.
I have a friend who lives in Ft. Myers, actually she lives on her boat off the coast. She went onshore to her moms but is very worried about her boot getting destroyed.
Cyclonepride
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Found a live street cam on Sanibel. What a mess.
www.youtube.com
This is the main street where you turn off to the resort we stayed at (Casa Ybel).
✂️ Sanibel Island surge
15 seconds · Clipped by nor see · Original video " LIVE Cam: Sanibel Island | Hurricane Ian Watch | Nears Category 5" by WorldCam
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This is the main street where you turn off to the resort we stayed at (Casa Ybel).
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I know it isn't possible for many to evacuate, but the ones who do have the means and still refuse and hunker down for something like this seriously baffle me.
My co-worker's son lives in Ft. Myers refused to evacuate. Just idiotic to me.
Cyclonepride
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There is a live function on this as well and I just checked it out. Holy crap, it doesn't look like the camera is going to last long. Getting worse by the momentFound a live street cam on Sanibel. What a mess.
✂️ Sanibel Island surge
15 seconds · Clipped by nor see · Original video " LIVE Cam: Sanibel Island | Hurricane Ian Watch | Nears Category 5" by WorldCam
This is the main street where you turn off to the resort we stayed at (Casa Ybel).
