Ida almost a Category 5

Going right over New Orleans. That area has already seen very heavy rainfall this year so water levels are already high.

Rosanna Landis Weaver
@LandisWeaver
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I don't think it is well understood how many people did not evacuate for Katrina because they feared missing upcoming checks.
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KA Semenova
@SemenovaKA
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Once again, like Katrina, this is happening at the end of the month, when those on Social Security etc., are already living on their last few dollars, trying to make it to the first of the month.

Releasing those funds a few days early in emergencies like this wld save lives.

My friends in St. Pete Florida are all freaking out over hurricane Ian about to hit in a couple days!

I saw where Gulf temperatures are three degrees (!) warmer than usual and the storm is going to really ramp up in water that warm.

It's going to be a stinker for certain.

Last I heard the hurricane moved a little more east so it's heading to the Tampa Bay area, some have to evacuate.

You all take care of yourselves.

We’re in California now, sold our house in Florida a few years ago.

We’re attempting to do our snowbird thing and head down to Sarasota on Saturday night. I hope things are settled down by then. Sure is looking fugly at the moment. We’ve been lucky so far.

Lightning flashes across Gulf of Mexico in satellite footage of Hurricane Ian

The rains might be over, but power could be out for a while. Based on my experience with Florence a few years ago, I would put that trip off for a week.

Quitter!


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And I don't miss Florida

Most of my St. Pete peeps are without power!

We’re waiting for a few return calls from our friends in our complex in Sarasota. Across town my SIL reported she was without power around late afternoon early evening.

Yeah Sarasota got hit pretty hard. I've been following a few on Facebook in St. Pete, some still without power.

Our home apparently has power and never went out. The only service missing is cable service.v there is Internet. We’ll fly down as planned on Saturday night. Our dog will not be thrilled about this whole deal.

We’ll Ice been home for 3.5 days and I’m fairly amazed at how little damage there was in our immediate area of southern Sarasota county. We’re a few miles inland nestled into palm trees and scraggly Live Oak.

All of the dead palm fronds (large dry conical projectiles) are everywhere. Tons of debris and lots of uprooted branches and uprooted trunks, though not as much as I had thought. My usual landscaping efforts of trimming our bushes and shrubs and blowing away debris typically takes a few hours to make it look good. This time it’ll take about 4-5 hours over a two day interval.

I’m “springing” a neighbor out of her “hurricane shutter jail”. Unfortunately She’s got heart issues and mobility limitations so I volunteered my efforts to take her shutters down. Wisely, we chose not to have ours put up. Thankfully they weren’t needed.

All is well once again… until the next one!