Hurricane Ian

[8gv]

As I ponder my predicament the Titanic comes to mind.

If I could get my little boat hauled it could get destroyed by being blown off a rack or a building could collapse on it.

It could even be fated for holing by projectile.

It was a good 20 hours that I got to put on it.

At least it got broken in before it gets broken.

[brk-lnt]

Formulating boat plans with the neighbors. I'm going to adjust my Slidemoor's to give me a little more vertical reach. That should accommodate at least 4' of storm surge, which is probably the most we will see.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

Formulating boat plans with the neighbors. I'm going to adjust my Slidemoor's to give me a little more vertical reach. That should accommodate at least 4' of storm surge, which is probably the most we will see.

I dont know how close you are to Tampa Bay, but the tidal surge could be much greater than four feet. This depends on whether the eye passes north or south of the opening to Tampa Bay. Right now, it's aimed at Hudson, where my good friends live. They've complained that their beautiful canal-side 3-story is actually quite fragile.

AccuWeather: Strength as the fourth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.

AccuWeather forecasters warn that the storm will continue to rapidly gain intensity during the next couple of days and is forecast to become a Category 4 behemoth in the Gulf of Mexico by midweek.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurri...lorida/1252603

[8gv]

It looks like there will be severe damage to the homes on Tierra Verde where my place is.

As bad as that may seem I am more concerned with the land (sand really) being washed away.

How does one rebuild when their lot has been relocated into the Gulf?

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by ApS

I dont know how close you are to Tampa Bay, but the tidal surge could be much greater than four feet.

We're on Boca Ciega Bay.
I doubt we'll see storm surge of more than 4 feet here. I do not doubt there will be a lot of damage and clean-up, but I'm not expecting to see insanely high water where we are. Either way, our house is elevated, so the first living level is 12' above ground, and about 16' above normal high tide.

[SAMIAM]

Our place is in Cape Coral.....boat is secure on the lift but not much we can do from here.

[Newbiesaukee]

I wish I could feel more philosophic about this, but we lost our home and almost all our possessions in Andrew. Andrew was a very rapidly moving relatively small hurricane and produced relatively little flooding or storm surge. It was a short lived severe (Cat 5) wind event rather than a water event. I think Ian has the potential for much more destruction for many more people.

[ishoot308]

Praying for all you Florida home owners as it appears Ian will be a category 5 monster when it hits land anytime now...

Dan

[Susie Cougar]

I live in Parrish, Florida which is about 10 miles inland from the Sarasota and Bradenton area. I had my hurricane shutters put up yesterday and I am staying in a hotel just north of Tampa. I hated being at home during hurricane Irma, five years ago, because once your shutters are up it is completely dark and then you lose your power And it’s just terrible. You can’t see what’s going on outside. I couldn’t figure out how to use my radio so I didn’t know what was happening.

The ironic thing is that we have a contract on our house and we are supposed to close in a few weeks; everything is very nerve-racking.

[Redbarn]

Looks like it is going to hit don padro/palm island resort. RIP Rum Bay.

They just finished dredging stump pass from the last hurricane.

[Little Bear]

Last shot from my camera on Marco Island before the power went out at about 10:30 this morning. My boat survived Irma, but I had to replace all the electronics. I don't think I'll be so lucky this time.

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by Little Bear

Last shot from my camera on Marco Island before the power went out at about 10:30 this morning. My boat survived Irma, but I had to replace all the electronics. I don't think I'll be so lucky this time.

Wow. I’m praying for you Little Bear!!!! I sold my house last year and moving into fiddlers creek.


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[fatlazyless]

A hurricane happening known as negative storm surge that removed all the sea water out from Tampa Bay.

http://www.twitter.com/dougie_doowop...19033829138433 ..... 14-second film ..... so, where did the water go? ..... the moving water energy from the hurricane apparently siphoned all the water from www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay

Is that unusual or what.

[winniwannabe]

Never realized that so many on here are snowbirds. Hoping that all of you with homes and boats down there sustain minimal damage. Thoughts are with you> I have a sister in Parrish and hope she's well. Haven't been able to connect today. Blessings to all!

[Susie Cougar]

I live in Parrish but I evacuated to north of Tampa. The latest postings on next-door are that Parrish still has power but is expected to go out momentarily. There are trees down and a lot of flooding. Your sister may or may not be in in evacuation zone. Unless she lives close to a river, she should be fine.

[winniwannabe]

she's on Noble Pl. don't think she's near water. she just texted that her neighbor's pool cage went airborne, don't expect too many more more texts. Thanks Susie. stay safe

[brk-lnt]

So far we have had the lowest tide by far in the last 6 years and what I would call a "typical" storm - winds up to about 40MPH and rain. More to come though.

You can peek in on my dock cam here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvZPNCGmcM

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

So far we have had the lowest tide by far in the last 6 years and what I would call a "typical" storm - winds up to about 40MPH and rain. More to come though.

You can peek in on my dock cam here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvZPNCGmcM

Brian;

Just curious why would the tides be so low??..I would think just the opposite with the storm surge??

Still keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Dan

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Brian;

Just curious why would the tides be so low??..I would think just the opposite with the storm surge??

Still keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Dan

The storm before it approaches on the front side pulling water out and on the back side it floods inward


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[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Brian;

Just curious why would the tides be so low??..I would think just the opposite with the storm surge??

Still keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Dan

The winds were blowing counterclockwise, and very hard, we had sustained winds of 40MPH, and 70+MPH gusts.

With the center of the storm south of us, that meant we had a massively wide all of wind pushing all the water out into the middle of the Gulf. Similarly on the south side of the storm, those same winds were pushing massive amounts of water in.

The winds completely overtook any normal tidal influences. The water level continues to go out, slightly, during the time when we should have been rising to high tide. Same thing happened with Irma, but not as extreme.

We had some minor boat damage, a cleat pulled loose because my Slidemoor didn't have enough track to go so insanely low. It's ugly, but fixable.

Lost power at 6:20PM, will probably be out until some time tomorrow. This is the longest we've ever been without power for, this area is usually fairly resilient. We have a backup generator that can power most of the essentials though. I have enough fuel for probably a day, so we'll see what the situation looks like in the morning.

At this point (12:30 AM) it is looking like it's past us. Water is coming back in, the boat is just barely floating, another 6" or so and it should be fine.

One of my neighbors evacuated to Naples. Stayed in a really nice hotel on the 17th floor. He basically had a front row seat, said the first floor of the hotel is flooded. I saw some pics and videos from it, cars underwater in the parking lot, all the same stuff you're seeing on the news. This storm is going to turn out to be one of the biggest to hit Florida ever.

[Susie Cougar]

Originally Posted by winniwannabe

she's on Noble Pl. don't think she's near water. she just texted that her neighbor's pool cage went airborne, don't expect too many more more texts. Thanks Susie. stay safe

I looked up Noble Place. She is either in Silverleaf or Kingsfield Lakes development. She is not near any river, she just needs to stay hunkered down and she will be fine.

[John Mercier]

Well, hopefully the death and serious injury toll will be low...

[ApS]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Cuba-NHC.html

Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee

I wish I could feel more philosophic about this, but we lost our home and almost all our possessions in Andrew. Andrew was a very rapidly moving relatively small hurricane and produced relatively little flooding or storm surge. It was a short lived severe (Cat 5) wind event rather than a water event. I think Ian has the potential for much more destruction for many more people.

Coral Gables was notable for perhaps a hundred uprooted tropical Banyan trees, whose upturned roots reached 60-feet into the sky.

I lived only three miles south of Coral Gables in South Miami. Damage from downed trees meant traffic was mostly at a standstill. Local folks moved windblown debris, so pathways were made for cars and trucks.

My screened porch had the aluminum structure crumpled. That porch was my temporary workplace for restoring a 1960 four-passenger convertibIe. It received nary a scratch!

I was in Wolfeboro at the time, and arrived back in South Miami on the very hour that electricity was restored...Restoring electricity took two weeks!

Neighbors in our little neighborhood pooled resources and had rotating communal BBQs every evening.

Those who experienced Hurricane Andrew have many true stories of the devastation. It was later calculated that Hurricane Andrew had 500 embedded tornadoes!

One wooden sign, designating Fairchild Gardens was retrieved from an airport eight miles away! One reinforced-concrete sill blew off a suburban home's roof, flew over to a neighbor's house, and killed a woman in her kitchen! My late optometrist and skilled race car driver, "Shelly" Dobkin, had his Piper Seminole aircraft break its moorings, and sailed into the woods surrounding the airport. My CPA and her son searched for their lost dog, and after several leads by distant residents, finally found it! Expressing their gratitude, they turned around, and realized they were hopelessly lost. No street signs remained to guide them back home!

Sixty-five people died in Hurricane Andrew.

The accounts go on and on. The only good thing to come out of Hurricane Andrew was a major revision of building codes, which have since been adopted by many counties. Prior building codes were constantly being subverted by the scores of disreputable contractors who built Dade County's hurricane-vulnerable suburban sprawl. I expect the same subversion is going on right now.

And, oh yes, more people will die because of this "wet" hurricane, and the refusal to believe a storm could be so destructive. When told by Sheriffs to evacuate before the bridges were raised, they said they'd "ride it out".

Originally Posted by Susie Cougar

I live in Parrish, Florida which is about 10 miles inland from the Sarasota and Bradenton area. I had my hurricane shutters put up yesterday and I am staying in a hotel just north of Tampa. I hated being at home during hurricane Irma, five years ago, because once your shutters are up it is completely dark and then you lose your power And it’s just terrible. You can’t see what’s going on outside. I couldn’t figure out how to use my radio so I didn’t know what was happening. The ironic thing is that we have a contract on our house and we are supposed to close in a few weeks; everything is very nerve-racking.

I had to wait until Hurricane Ian passed you by before I could tell of my tour of southern Dade County. I waited two weeks before going down there. As bad as we had it north of there, it was ten-times worse further south. At least we had street signs!

I drove by a distant landmark, a Holiday Inn. It had four or five floors, but what was remarkable, it no longer had walls. (!) You could see the distant skies directly through the entire building!

[laketrout]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

We're on Boca Ciega Bay.
I doubt we'll see storm surge of more than 4 feet here. I do not doubt there will be a lot of damage and clean-up, but I'm not expecting to see insanely high water where we are. Either way, our house is elevated, so the first living level is 12' above ground, and about 16' above normal high tide.

New Hampshirite and the lakes region could use the rainfall from Ian. As the drought up here continues! I feel for my friends and the people of Florida Impacted-by Ian!

[8gv]

Good news for me, really bad for others...

I got back to my place on Tierra Verde this afternoon to find the power was on and I had ZERO damage!

It turns out that all of the preparations I did were unnecessary, or maybe they weren't?

Tempting a cat 4 monster by not preparing seems to be a bad strategy.

A scant 125 miles south of me there is life altering devastation.

They deserve all the help they can get!

Good luck to the Atlantic coast.

Good riddance Ian!

[smith point boater]

Our complex and unit appear to have survived the storm relatively unscathed. However we are 3-5 miles from different area beaches from Naples to Ft Myers. They are devastated. From news pics and contacts everything west of Rt 41 (the main route from Marco Island to Ft Myers ) has some form of major damage. Bonita Beach Road (10 -12 miles of beach access and homes) is almost totally covered in sand. EVERY beach front restaurant and bar that we patronized is GONE!! Ft Myers Pier is gone (that was a 1/4 mile long pier built on cement pilings). Times Square - the main shopping and tourist area at the end of Ft Myers beach - appears to be totally wiped out. As someone else said access to Sanibel/Captiva island is gone - Whole section of the toll bridge is gone. It will take years for that area to recover - if they ever fully do. Very sad

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by smith point boater

Our complex and unit appear to have survived the storm relatively unscathed. However we are 3-5 miles from different area beaches from Naples to Ft Myers. They are devastated. From news pics and contacts everything west of Rt 41 (the main route from Marco Island to Ft Myers ) has some form of major damage. Bonita Beach Road (10 -12 miles of beach access and homes) is almost totally covered in sand. EVERY beach front restaurant and bar that we patronized is GONE!! Ft Myers Pier is gone (that was a 1/4 mile long pier built on cement pilings). Times Square - the main shopping and tourist area at the end of Ft Myers beach - appears to be totally wiped out. As someone else said access to Sanibel/Captiva island is gone - Whole section of the toll bridge is gone. It will take years for that area to recover - if they ever fully do. Very sad

Couple of pics from Bonita Beach....first is Doc's Beach House under water, 2nd is foundation and concrete floor damage at the Bonita Beach Club... the whole complex is a mess!

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by 8gv

I got back to my place on Tierra Verde this afternoon to find the power was on and I had ZERO damage!

Fortunately that seems to be the summary for our area. As of now, things are 95% back to normal around here, IMO. We didn't even have that many boats break loose in the bay and wash around, overall we've had bigger impacts from previous popup storms than this.

[TiltonBB]

My house is fine compared to many others in Ft. Myers. The pool was not quite complete and the three week old screen cage didn't make it. I am ready to head down but will wait until electric and cable are restored.

Someone just messaged me that a nearby neighborhood just got their power back. I understand the water pressure is very low because a pumping station was submerged.

It will be a long time before things return to normal. Many snowbirds may skip this year. Fort Myers Airport is closed until October 7. The airlines are doing "ferry flights" (No passengers, just a Captain and First Officer) to return the aircraft to many Florida airports.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by TiltonBB

My house is fine compared to many others in Ft. Myers. The pool was not quite complete and the three week old screen cage didn't make it. I am ready to head down but will wait until electric and cable are restored.

Someone just messaged me that a nearby neighborhood just got their power back. I understand the water pressure is very low because a pumping station was submerged.

It will be a long time before things return to normal. Many snowbirds may skip this year. Fort Myers Airport is closed until October 7. The airlines are doing "ferry flights" (No passengers, just a Captain and First Officer) to return the aircraft to many Florida airports.

Sorry about the damage Tilton….Hopefully everything gets fixed and restored as soon as possible…

Dan

[Sue Doe-Nym]

That’s too bad, TiltonBB. Our complex in Sarasota didn’t even lose power…just minimal standing water, etc, but our daughter, just 15 minutes away still has no power, but no flooding, so we were lucky. My sister and brother in law, however, in Bonita Springs, had flooding so severe that their car floated away, and they had to be rescued from their barrier island….a terrible loss, and they are in their late 80s….too much stress to fully comprehend.

[TiltonBB]

The neighbor says electricity, cable and internet are back on. Heading south tomorrow at about 7AM.

What could possibly go wrong.

[TheProfessor]

Neighbors relative has home in Punta Gorda. On inland waterway.

A double wide manufactured home. About 20 years old.

Zero damage to home. Nothing. Yard trees down. None hit house.

Whilst some others stick built homes are wrecked.

There are building codes. Then there are building codes.

[tis]

We have a cousin in Punta Gorda. Stick built house is fine.

[Susie Cougar]

I came through in pretty good shape. There are some rips in my pool cage screen and I have a 6‘ x 10‘ section where the shingles on the roof came off. It’s tough to get into my neighborhood because some roads are still flooded and not passable. But all in all, it is good. I feel terrible that so many people have had their homes destroyed.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by Susie Cougar

I came through in pretty good shape. There are some rips in my pool cage screen and I have a 6‘ x 10‘ section where the shingles on the roof came off. It’s tough to get into my neighborhood because some roads are still flooded and not passable. But all in all, it is good. I feel terrible that so many people have had their homes destroyed.

Glad that you came out with minor damage. Our island neighbors also lost a pool cage screen (I never heard of such a thing) and had a tree down with a branch poking a hole in the roof. A lot of cleanup to be done but no water damage. They consider themselves lucky. OH, no hurricane insurance which may be a common problem.

Alan

[John Mercier]

Sadly, some lives were lost. These people lost the only thing of any real value.
Everything else can be rebuilt but will take some time.

[SAMIAM]

We had pretty much the same fate as Tilton. Pool cage gone, trees down. boat lift cover gone. Very lucky compared to those who lost their homes, business'.....and some lost their lives. Ft Myers Beach is destroyed.
Going down when power is restored to pick up the pieces and help neighbors.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Sadly, some lives were lost. These people lost the only thing of any real value. Everything else can be rebuilt but will take some time.

Today, I read of more than100 from reports noted five days ago.

Fort Myers is short of gasoline, but long on roofing nails everywhere in surrounding counties.

There is an $8 kit available to repair a dozen "found" nails. A "Y" chromosome is needed to repair the affected tire, but it can be repaired while inflated--and no need of a jack.

My Central Florida lakefront property had one big branch land in the yard--no damage, otherwise. Neighbors were jealous that I had electricity, while most neighbors did not.

Structural dock damage here was less than Hurricane Irma in 2017.