[4Runner]

Hoping we can keep a thread going for updates among FReepers within Florida. Particularly along the West Coast including Tampa. We know there is a lot of politicization going on as Florida is a red state and the reports coming out of the National Weather Service as a federal agency are simply over the top. But I've been a Tampa resident now for 37 years the wife is a native Floridian. We are surrounded by huge Cypress trees over 60 feet tall but not in an evacuation or flood plain area. We are senior citizens but if you are in the area and need assistance we will try to help out. BTW Tampa International is closing at 5pm today.

[Lou L]

Regardless of what frantic words the politicos use to describe the hurricane, there is a large storm headed Florida’s way. I have a number of good friends in the area, so I pray that you all remain safe.

[digger48]

Thanks for the updated thread

[DCBryan1]

Thanks...havefriends in Bradenton, LBK, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Wauchula and Arcadia.

[MtnClimber]

I am in Central Florida about 50 miles east of Tampa. Currently east of some track models and directly in line of some models.

[Rlsau1]

If the current track is accurate and the storm comes in at Tampa Bay with 8-10’ surge, it will be catastrophic for Tampa. Anyone who has traversed Bayshore Blvd. knows what I’m talking about.

[FarCenter]

[CedarDave]

Check up the ongoing Hurricane Ian thread by FR’s resident hurricane tracker, NautiNurse, with updated graphics and discussion:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4095453/posts

[SE Mom]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4095453/posts

This is the link for all hurricane updates.

NautiNurse has been the official hurricane thread poster for decades. Thank you.

[EvilCapitalist]

I’m glad my Uncle moved many years ago. He used to live in New Port Richey.

[telescope115]

My copy of the MyRadar weather app shows the eye potentially making landfall just south of Tampa, through Bradenton.
One of my brothers-in-law is in Bradenton.
I hope he has the good sense to get the hell outta there…

[CatHerd]

Latest track from the Hurricane Center is now closer to last evening’s Euro Model with Ian making landfall just to the south of TBA. Better than the last track for PBA, but now shows it coming ashore as a major hurricane. Very bad news for Manatee County if this track holds.

Now Cat 3, Ian is that expected to become a Cat 4 after crossing Cuba, then weaken some before striking the coast:

“Ian is expected to spend only spend a few hours over western Cuba, and little overall change in strength is likely during that time. The center should emerge over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico later this morning, where warm water and generally low vertical wind shear conditions are expected to allow for additional intensification, and the NHC forecast calls for Ian to reach category 4 strength. By 24 to 36 hours, increasing southwesterly vertical wind shear and drier mid-level air are likely to result in some gradual weakening. However, Ian is still expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches the Florida west coast. The official intensity forecast is near the latest simple and corrected multi-model consensus predictions.”

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/270858.shtml

New track:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/100939.shtml?cone#contents

[logi_cal869]

How the Xiden admin responds to the looming natural disaster in FL may very well shape the elections itself.

Should prove very, very interesting nonetheless.

[Track9]

Wish Rush was here to give us his insights. Loved his hurricane rap.

[rrrod]

I’m in the South....stay safe.

[Pollard]

Ian is expected to spend only spend a few hours over western Cuba, and little overall change in strength is likely during that time. The center should emerge over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico later this morning, where warm water and generally low vertical wind shear conditions are expected to allow for additional intensification, and the NHC forecast calls for Ian to reach category 4 strength. By 24 to 36 hours, increasing southwesterly vertical wind shear and drier mid-level air are likely to result in some gradual weakening. However, Ian is still expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches the Florida west coast. The official intensity forecast is near the latest simple and corrected multi-model consensus predictions.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/270858.shtml

[Pollard]

15+- inches of rain and M > 110 mph winds.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When I was a kid, we had hurricanes too. It’s just that people in those days didn’t get rattled as easy as the idiots do today. We also didn’t have the huge numbers of dumbasses living in places they shouldn’t be living.

[R_Kangel]

..... No matter what happens .... Dems are going to try hard to spin this as a DeSantis/Katrina moment .....

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[FMBass]

Quite fortunately, this spring, I sold a house that I owned that is just north of Tampa. Although it is not in a flood zone, a recent storm brought water to my doorstep. I fear for the folks that bought the house from me.

[PJ-Comix]

Here in Broward County we have constant rain. Not heavy but definitely constant.