For those on the west coast of Florida stay safe. I am enjoying a bourbon and watching the light show and tornadoes floating around. This is why when people asked me why I put a 30kw standby generator in the house. We can go almost 3 weeks on our propane tank.
OT: Enjoying the light show here in south florida tonight
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I’m in Naples. Had the week off so headed out of town. Enjoying some nice weather and food in New Orleans. Things can be replaced. Stay safe.
Bad tornado literally right up the street here in Delray Beach. Palm tree like a spear through a building and cars flipped.
Getting the sound show here now. That is, winds picking up to tropical force. Going to get much worse by around noon. We live within 30 miles of the projected landfall of the eye center, where windspeeds will be at maximum. Storm now on the verge of Cat 5 status with winds at 155 mph (Cat 5 designation at 157 mph).
Stay safe. Really looking ugly at the moment. Hoping some shear or an EWRC lessens the winds before landfall. Sitting here in coastal Brevard county waiting on the flipside of the storm.....
1000 gallons running a 30kw Kohler. Powerhouse generator that can run everything including pool filter.
Best Wishes and Best of Luck. I don't ride out Cat 4 and 5's. I stay for 3's and under.
Looks like you made a very smart decision. Hope your home isn’t impacted too much. Naples is gonna get hit pretty good, as I’m sure you’re aware. Sarasota looks like they’re in serious trouble.
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Yup just south of me. Actually right next to my wearhouse where I store all my demo equipment for work.
I'm in NW Broward. Lot of tornado warnings throughout the night, several touched down just south of here.
Be careful, a lot of car jackings and shootings has been happening lately.
Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton) here. Been raining since late yesterday with a few wind gusts. Should get pretty rough the next few hours. Still have power and DirecTV for now, so it could be a lot worse. We’ll be right there with Sarasota in getting a lot of the northwest side of the eye wall. I think the dog is the most freaked out of all of us.
I am in Delray Beach had one down the street at Military and Atlantic last night. Ripped up Kings Point pretty good.
We have a place east of Tampa. Decided to get out of town for a few days. No need to risk it when you have the means to go away. Good luck everyone.
This looks like it's going to be epically bad, unfortunately. If you had the means to get out, and you didn't, you should be ashamed. You're putting others potentially at risk (having to save you), and wasting resources that could be spent on those who couldn't get out of the way. Rapid intensification, pulling the water out of harbors ... yeah, not good.
I've lived down here going on 30 years now. What happens is, and I'm not saying these people are right, is that there's that one time a really bad hurricane was headed right towards them, forecasting total destruction, and it misses. They get the belief that because it happened that one time, its the rule rather than the exception. I see it a lot with residents of the Tampa Bay area. Charley back in '04 was going to devastate Tampa Bay. At the last minute, like 4 hours before landfall, it veered south. So a lot of folks in Tampa didn't evacuate for this one. This one, too, veers south. So, I guarantee the next time NHC predicts a Tampa landfall, even fewer people will leave the area. It become a mindset of "its not going to be as bad as they say. They are sensationalizing it. It never follows the forecast track."
Like I said, not condoning it, I evacuate for anything CAT2 and up, but just saying where the mentality comes from.
Does not sound good for Anna Maria Island. We call it our home away from home. Best of luck and stay safe.
