Hurricane Ian

[allisolm]

Funny story - we can always use a few during tough times:

My son is in N Virginia but has a buddy in the Tampa area and was checking on him yesterday. Got a text reply saying "We must be screwed, Just looked out the window and a weather guy is broadcasting from the street in front of my house."

We've said for years you know you're in trouble weatherwise when you see Jim Cantore get off a plane in your town.

 

[IronWing]

My sister reports that in Orlando, conditions have deteriorated to "breezy".

My sister reports no power outage, no flooding, and minimal damage in her neighborhood. Yesterday, we had one little storm cell pass over our neighborhood (Tucson) and knock out power for twenty minutes. There was no wind so I suspect someone drove into a pole in the rain. As you might expect, my sister is giving me crap.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Funny story - we can always use a few during tough times:

My son is in N Virginia but has a buddy in the Tampa area and was checking on him yesterday. Got a text reply saying "We must be screwed, Just looked out the window and a weather guy is broadcasting from the street in front of my house."

We've said for years you know you're in trouble weatherwise when you see Jim Cantore get off a plane in your town.

Jim got hit by a tree branch yesterday -

 

[compcons]

Wiping tthe lens so he has a clean shot just in case he gets blown away made me snicker.

 

[quikah]

My parents lost power (Lake County), thankfully they have solar panels with a batttery backup (Tesla Powerwall). They should be good for the rest of the day to keep their refrigerator and well powered. Hopefully it will clear up enough they can start generating enough power to not need the batteries. they have a gas generator if needed.

No flooding (around their house), just some minor wind damage.

 

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575526950978088960

disaster zone for sure...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575221069350588416

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

How many suffered because they didn't evacuate?

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Jim got hit by a tree branch yesterday -

Did it knock any sense into him?

 

[BudAshes]

They need to start building second story garages in Florida.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Back to a Hurricane and doin' the Charleston.

 

[WelshBloke]

On the tv news it was reported that the Lee County (Ft Myers, Sanibel Island) sheriff has said there are hundreds dead there. I certainly hope that is an error.

Good Lord! I really hope that's something that was just said in the midst of panic and not a genuine count.
I come from a country that, while obsessed with the weather, doesn't really get any real problematic weather. It's shocking to see what 'a bit of wind and rain' can do.

 

[Captante]

Looking at the helicopter video shots from local news I really hope most people listened and got the heck out of there!

Fort Myers Beach:

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Good Lord! I really hope that's something that was just said in the midst of panic and not a genuine count.
I come from a country that, while obsessed with the weather, doesn't really get any real problematic weather. It's shocking to see what 'a bit of wind and rain' can do.

Count yourself lucky you didn't grow up in tornado country. I probably have legitimate PTSD from that shit. Had a funnel cloud open up over me as a kid, and since then I basically accepted that any given rainstorm could drop a finger of death on your head.

 

[K1052]

Reading a lot of stories of people who stayed because they didn't think it would be bad. The loss of life, while not record breaking, is likely be considerable.

 

[MrSquished]

Reading a lot of stories of people who stayed because they didn't think it would be bad. The loss of life, while not record breaking, is likely be considerable.

I read a story of some CEO who told her employees to work through Ian as it was mostly media hype. She did back off of it but that's crazy. FAKE NEWS!

 

[Captante]

Problem is that a LOT of the time it IS media-hype with weather .... snow-storms in particular around here.

 

[Captante]

 

[ksheets]

Just checking in to let everyone know I'm alive! That was one hell of a storm but I made it through with plenty of propane still left for the generator

The roads are decently cleared ( I work for a hospital and was able to make it in this morning), but there is a LOT of damage, it's going to take quite a while to recover from this one for sure. The area about 10 miles south of me has power again, so I'm hopeful I'll be back up and running within the next few days.

 

[allisolm]

Just checking in to let everyone know I'm alive!

Good to hear that you're a survivor. Carry on! 👍

 

[MtnMan]

how fucking hard is to leaving political shit out of a non-political thread....there is a cess pool for that crap so we don't we to deal with it here...

But we do need to deal with it, because it is as real as hurricane Ian, or a POTUS throwing paper towels at hurricane victims. Not to mention the hypocrisy of people like DeSantis that voted against aid for victims of hurricane Sandy when he was in congress, to accepting it for his state.

 

[MtnMan]

Funny story - we can always use a few during tough times:

My son is in N Virginia but has a buddy in the Tampa area and was checking on him yesterday. Got a text reply saying "We must be screwed, Just looked out the window and a weather guy is broadcasting from the street in front of my house."

We've said for years you know you're in trouble weatherwise when you see Jim Cantore get off a plane in your town.

Jim Cantore about got taken out this time.

Watch: The Weather Channel reporter, Jim Cantore, hit by branch during Hurricane Ian coverage | CNN

Weather Channel reporter, Jim Cantore, was struck by the fallen tree branch while reporting live inside Hurricane Ian.

www.cnn.com

 

[spacejamz]

But we do need to deal with it, because it is as real as hurricane Ian, or a POTUS throwing paper towels at hurricane victims. Not to mention the hypocrisy of people like DeSantis that voted against aid for victims of hurricane Sandy when he was in congress, to accepting it for his state.

give us a break already....rational people can have discussions without having to bring up politics. go spew your bullshit in P N where it belongs. if you don't think politicians on both sides are hypocrites, I don't know what else to tell you.

 

[MrSquished]

give us a break already....rational people can have discussions without having to bring up politics. go spew your bullshit in P N where it belongs. if you don't think politicians on both sides are hypocrites, I don't know what else to tell you.

It's amazing even if muse points the clearly obvious out, the first response is denial of reality by both sidesing it. Instead of just saying, yeah it sucks and he's terrible but keep it out of here, which would be understandable, instead they both sides it and thus contribute to the decline of this country.

 

[Captante]

I think the completely valid point was that we have a proper arena for political discussion and THIS AIN'T IT.

 

[Torn Mind]

Well, I needed a rainstorm to check an attic leak and well, there is enough to start the process of informing a neighbor to fix her rental property’s roof. Neighbor is standoffish feet dragger though…so a demand letter may only be the start.
Now Ian can just stop crying from the sky.