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155 mph windspeed. I was wrong it did not quite make a cat 5. This is going to be a monster.

Sanrith Descartes said:

I moved my afternoon flight to the crack of dawn flight tomorrow. Hoping to sneak in to Ft Lauderdale before the winds get too bad on the east coast.

More likely i will be on here raging all day sitting at JFK while my flight keeps getting delayed. Luckily i am going against traffic trying to to Florida and not out of Florida.

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Our honeymoon was in Siesta Key back in 2004. We were heading down the coast with literally no traffic, while the northbound lanes were completely gridlocked. We went through two hurricanes.

I'm glad this one shifted from the panhandle. We decided not to go with flood insurance and this one would've wrecked us at this strength. It's odd, there's no surf in the forecast for our beach, either. Generally hurricanes kick up enough even when they're in the southern Gulf to give us decent waves. I'm kind of glad on that one too cause there hasn't been a single good surfing day this year and I'd be annoyed to miss it since we in New Hampshire.

My dad moved out of Boca Grande, FL and sold his house last year. It's looking like that was a good call. His house was elevation 6 ft, predicted 12+ ft storm surges in Charlotte Harbor. Yikes.

He built the house himself and specced it to survive a cat 4 direct hit so that he didn't have to pay the absurd insurance rates. I guess this will be the test.

Live Radar:


Tampa:


Cape Coral (Edit: offline):

Some dudes driving around Boca Grande:

Naples surf (this one might get washed away Edit: lost power) Edit: It's now on a beach in Englewood:

Space View from Goes 16 Satellite (updated every ~10 min I think)

Fort Myers Beach Edit: Down due to power, I assume:
Quad feeds from various place, streamed by Fox in Orlando:

Simply amazing how over-reactive everyone and the news are taking this. Yeah, places on the shore are going to be fucked. Happens every time. Mobile homes 0-2 miles in? Yeah, maybe not live in a tin can next to a place that can wipe you out. The rest of the state? Some power outages.

I lived through 2004 with 1 week without power between the 4 storms were the most destructive thing I ever encountered. 90-100 degree heat and 5000% humidity.
Charlie Cat 4
Ivan Cat 5
Frances Cat 2
Jeanee Cat 3.

Rais said:

Simply amazing how over-reactive everyone and the news are taking this. Yeah, places on the shore are going to be fucked. Happens every time. Mobile homes 0-2 miles in? Yeah, maybe not live in a tin can next to a place that can wipe you out. The rest of the state? Some power outages.

I lived through 2004 with 1 week without power between the 4 storms were the most destructive thing I ever encountered. 90-100 degree heat and 5000% humidity.
Charlie Cat 4
Ivan Cat 5
Frances Cat 2
Jeanee Cat 3.

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I had moved to Orlando a little over a month before Charley. Shit was like Armageddon here for months with all the damaged roofs and power outages. Nothing in Central Florida was up to code then.

TomServo said:

Live in Orlando. I have had literally 10.people ask if I'm ok. Yes I'm ok. I hate our media.

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Yeah, my mom has done the same every time we get even a tropical storm. Baffling.

The huricane coverage is just smoke so people forget we blew up a pipeline and tons of gas is being expelled into the ocean.

imready2go said:

Pretty significant difference between 6 and 18 feet.

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That camera is six feet off the ground, not six feet above average sea level.