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‘It was horrifying’: Watch as Florida man rides out Hurricane Ian in his boat
FOX Weather ^ | October 3, 2022 | Aaron Barker and Max Gorden

Posted on 10/06/2022 1:11:18 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A man and his cat rode out the fury of Hurricane Ian last week in his sailboat, which was his home before the storm.

Ian was a monstrous Category 4 hurricane with 150-mph winds when it slammed into Southwest Florida on Sept. 28. The terrible winds pushed ashore feet of water from the Gulf of Mexico as it made landfall. Widespread destruction was left behind.

Ron Latta, of Fort Myers, said he had been living in his 32-foot boat named "Lattatude" for four years, and decided to stay with his home.

"You don’t leave your boat," Latta told FOX Weather correspondent Max Gorden on Monday. "I mean, it’s all I have."

Latta said he knew things were getting bad about 10 a.m. the day of landfall as the wind and storm surge increased. By that point, it was too late for Latta to make it to shore.

"It was horrifying," he said. "It really was. It lasted like 12-14 hours."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxweather.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: flooding; florida; floridaman; fortmyers; ian; rain; sailboat; stormsurge; wind
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To: ought-six

“A boat is not stupid if it is your home.”

Compared to your life a boat or a home is nothing. It can be replaced.


21 posted on 10/06/2022 2:28:58 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

“Compared to your life a boat or a home is nothing. It can be replaced.”

To some, yes; to others, no.


22 posted on 10/06/2022 2:43:09 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ha! said his cat slept through the whole thing!


23 posted on 10/06/2022 3:18:38 PM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: plain talk

As long as you have a healthy kidney…..you’re not broke.


24 posted on 10/06/2022 3:49:54 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: cornfedcowboy

“As long as you have a healthy kidney…..you’re not broke.”

ha ha. that’s pretty good. ... unless you wake up one day like the guy in the Urban Legends movie - sitting in a bathtub full of ice after they have harvested your organs.


25 posted on 10/06/2022 4:11:18 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: pnz1

“I saw video of boats left in mangroves. Some looked abandoned.’

Probably. I know in the Keys some boat captains will tie their boats up in the mangroves then evacuate up the highway. Possibly the same here.


26 posted on 10/06/2022 4:27:59 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Justa

However the climate experts can predict global warming but they can tell where a hurricane is going to settle. They have so much work to do to try to figure out the path of these destructive storms . People prepare, running around buying supplies spending all kinds of money, evacuating here then moving somewhere else. It’s no wonder why people say screw it im staying. This one was really bad insofar as the prediction. The euro model was most on target but for some reason they ignored it.


27 posted on 10/06/2022 4:37:58 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hesaid his cat slept through most of it...12-14 hours. Lol!! I believe it!


28 posted on 10/06/2022 5:22:52 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Just speaking from the perspective of a canoeist but.... boats can be moved. It is sort of their entire raison d’être.
29 posted on 10/06/2022 5:33:44 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Chuckster; LonePalm
Heading out into the storm is what Carriers do to avoid anchorage fees.

A Sailboat has more in common with a coffin. The cat might have died for goodness sake!

30 posted on 10/06/2022 8:42:42 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Jeff Chandler

Nice wallpaper.

‘scetti’s done!


31 posted on 10/06/2022 9:09:16 PM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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