***85 miles south south west of Orlando.
Eye of Hurricane.***
NO, NO! Please tell me I'm figuring it wrong. That' s Bradenton where my daughter and family are.
You are figuring wrong. I have relatives in Sarasota (south of Bradenton) and they are ok.
No, no. Check a map, or use mapquest.com to call up the little town of Bradeton.
The third post of this thread shows the radar picture of the eye, with county lines superimposed on the radar.
Now, compare the two images in two different windows at the same time.
Bradenton is right on the caost, a little south of St Pete.
The eye is about 45 miles east of there, right north of the Polk County line right now coming up on the town of Fort Meade.
They'll get winds, rain, (and maybe a tornado giving localized damage) but the real problems are well inland from that town.
85 is no big deal - even the mobile homes can withstand that no problem. I'm sure she is fine.
I am in Orlando and, thankfully, this storm appears to be way overhyped. No where close to the damage of other 'major' hurricanes.b