Hurricane Ian

[Dan Gould]

Storm surge is not a concern when you live at the far eastern edge of Hillsborough county. The worst long-term rainfall event has put water into the garage, right by the garage door and no more than a centimeter high. I am not concerned for being washed away. Am concerned for being blown away, for the safety of the horses should the barn roof fail in anyway, and for TTK's concern - tree damage.

Edit to add: Loving the 5 pm update, with landfall moving further south.  The center of the cone is no longer so close to the house though obviously its very difficult to avoid serious impacts from this one, not to mention the fact that there is so much uncertainty still.

Then again, right now Clearwater is barely in the cone, and that city is just north of St Pete/Tampa.

Edited September 27, 2022 by Dan Gould

[Teasing the Korean]

Well, we dragged everything in from the yard and patio, and we we have plenty of bottled water and cat food.  We're supposed to get hit in about 8 hours.  I'll keep you posted.

[Ken Dryden]

I don’t know how quickly is typically restored in Glorida these days after a storm, but if you can afford it, a wired in generator gives one peace of mind. We bought one after the 2020 Easter tornado that hit our community. Some people we knew were without power for 10-12 days.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

It looks like the Tampa area may not get hit as hard as originally projected.

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, bresna said:

It looks like the Tampa area may not get hit as hard as originally projected.

Well Tampa is pretty much out of the cone for a direct hit but I just looked at that interactive forecast track page and if you look at the area of hurricane force winds it stretches at least across the width of the cone when it gets near us.  The only potential saving grace is what I said yesterday: weakening by the time the worst winds get here. Forecast says 80 right now and we've dealt with an 80 mph max-sustained wind hurricane before.

The being on the NW side is helpful too, before the storm blew up overnight it had a windzone that was very asymmetrical and wider from eye to the east than eye to the west edge. Maybe that will resume when it makes landfall and the weakening starts.

[Teasing the Korean]

Things are still pretty quiet here.  We still have power.

[Teasing the Korean]

It is 3:22 PM in Tampa.  Winds and rain are picking up.  We are getting intermittent power outages, so I am posting this now.

[jazzbo]

Hoping the best for a safe passage for you and Dan.

[Teasing the Korean]

2 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Hoping the best for a safe passage for you and Dan.

Thank you!

[felser]

7 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Hoping the best for a safe passage for you and Dan.

Yes, and for board member @Gdgray also.  Blessings through this trial.

[ghost of miles]

I've been following the news throughout the day and thinking of Dan, TTK, and other board members in the Florida environs.  Safe wishes for all of you.

[mjzee]

Thinking of all my Florida fellow board members (and relatives and friends who live there as well).  I hope it all turns out well.

[Teasing the Korean]

Parts of our backyard fence, technically our neighbor's, came down. Otherwise, all is well here. Branches and twigs scattered, nothing major.

Still without power, though.

Part of a tree down the street came down. It apparently fell in the road and a work crew moved it back into the yard. 

 Keeping my phone off to save power.

Hope everyone else is well!

[jazzbo]

Great to know, thanks for the report.

[Gdgray]

Moved to South Tampa in 2016 from South Florida. Experienced many storms including Donna and Andrew …..this is the worst storm I’ve experienced in my lifetime. Born in Ft Lauderdale and I have witnessed 8 decades of storms.

Oddly enough only lost power for a few minutes and very little damage. Funny when I moved to Tampa I noticed lack of preparing windows for storm. Neighbor told there is legend that Native Chief performed some reverse curse after storm of 1921 that would repel future direct hit.

Ok, not everything great , I bought retirement home on Sanibel Island in 2017 and planned on moving there full time later this year. I have no clue as to what the future holds regarding that home.

But I am thankful that my family is safe. As a side note I listened to a lot of Dylan past few days. Definitely feeling his take on life after repeatedly listening to Time out of Mind. 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Gdgray
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[jazzbo]

Glad you are safe.

[Dan Gould]

Posting by phon5.

People and animals safe.

Damage to house shingles and barn/apartment siding. Dog run fence also.

Generator will not start.  Susan hunting for carburetor cleaner.

If we can't get it running we have big prob

lems for well water for horses not to mention refrigeration for all the food we prepped. 

Glad others are OK. 

[jazzbo]

Hope you get power back for the well--two winters ago we spent 13 days without power and thus no heat or water and we only have one animal. 

Glad you are all safe! 

[Teasing the Korean]

We are among 10% locally without power. Most of our neighborhood got it back yesterday evening. It is very cool - something I never experienced after a hurricane - so doors are open and it is very comfortable. Hoping we get power back today.

[JSngry]

Dan?

[Teasing the Korean]

Our power came back at around noon.  Now I have to clean up this mess!

[mikeweil]

Glad to hear you are safe. Good luck with the mess .....

[Teasing the Korean]

Thanks all. Hope Dan is OK!

[Rooster_Ties]

Dan - sure hoping everything works out ok for you, your family, and those horses.

[Steve Reynolds]

Hoping Dan is OK