Hurricane Irma prep questions

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This is a truck the Sheriff's found when when doing a sweep thru Marathon.
This is also the reason you evacuate, and you do not drive during a hurricane.
The driver was killed. (on edit, someone questioned if this was during the current hurricane because no debris or water on the street--but it came from a major new source?

There are also photos of manatees stranded in the shallow water in Tampa Bay, as the water went out at the leading edge of the storm.

Certainly some massive damage in the Caribbean--not sure what we are gong to see in the keys and along the West Coast of S. Florida. There is going to be a major impact on the Everglades, In some ways, this is fortunate because it is a very low population density area. Nothing good about any of this!


Brent, since the water was sucked out that much, I suspect you will get some surge back with high water when the eye passes. We had almost 9 foot storm surge during IVAN, even though we are 14 miles by water from the Gulf.

Just think, you could have avoided all that under water work on the sea wall, had you known.. :lol:

Hopefully all will ride it out safefully with no damage!
 
Yes expecting a big storm surge with high water but no idea on how high, speed of return and length of time. After Charley, we had high water for a couple of months. We just praying it will not be entirely flooded.

LOL Seawall is done but not the pads for davit lifts and Mr Bennett has only received a down payment. It will work out at our retirement home. We are more worried about other folks.
 
High tide at 709pm and low tide at 105
am Monday. Not sure if means much with a big surge

We hope and pray you and Marie + pets will be ok.

Patty took a stray cat with her
 
We have a mixed bag in our neighhood. Those who have been here for 15 to 30 years are saying--wow we sure missed the big hit this time. The new residents are parking their vehicles in our (higher above the street) driveway, putting up storm shutters, and staying locked up peaking out and saying "is it bad yet?"

We should not have over 40 mph in gusts, if the forecast is correct. No significant storm surge.
 
Eye the of hurricane went over our house at 1am. All is well over here (Fishhawk Ranch - Lithia,FL). These houses were built in 2001 and I'm a firm believer it made a difference.

Lots of good lessons learned...I'll post that in a separate thread.

Boat in between houses did fine.

For those of you wondering where Lithia is - it's East of Ruskin, North of Wimauma. OK...it's south of Tampa.
 
Canal water is our area is 1.5' over docks and home not flooded. One person said our home is ok with a quick walk around. I assume boat is ok and unsure about lift canopy, electricity and home roof. No reports on breakins, looting or other bad deeds.
 
We lost power Sunday 9/10 around 4pm which is fine and have portable generator and 5 gallons of gas. Looks like our neighborhood escaped major damage. Prayers answered. Law enforcement and other agencies are active and on patrol. No mercy for looters or folks arrested for bad behavior. r. I found the Next Door site and app very informative and met a lot of new folks. I don't when power will be restored but crews from FPL and many other states on working on restoring the grid. I think the water is on and schools will open tomorrow. No reported wide spread gas and food shortages. It appears the water is over the seawall and our home is not flooded. Hope the roof is ok. It was replaced last year with high wind speed rated shingles which is neat except offers little protection from flying debris
 
Brent,
That all certainly sounds like good news. Hopefully, no harm to that new seawall and cap. Schools being open is very optimistic and a good sign for infrastructure. A new roof should survive well.
 
Patty is back. Water is at top on new seawall. No power and flooding inside and roof is ok. Some gas stations are open and busy. Some stoplights on 41 and Kings Highway in Pt Charlotte are out. No looting or other stuff occurred. She doesn't know right now about city water. Generator is running and have gas.

We trying to contact other neighbor's who are away and updating NextDoor site. Law enforcement and others on the job full time. Folks are leaving shelters. Massive amount of power crews, food trucks, pharmacy supplies, gas trucks, etc en route.

Hospitals, doc in the box, pharmacies, etc are open.

Animals rescue teams active.


Our boat is ok, same for lift and canopy.

more later, if interested
 
Data point from Ft. Myers from a buddy who moors his houseboat there in the off season ... from June to November: no damage to his boat, only small amounts of damage to other vessels in his relatively exposed marina. This is in contrast to the last hurricane that hit Ft. Myers.

Buddy attributes the lack of damage to the absence of any surge this time. Surge last time lifted his houseboat enough his mooring lines were dragged over the tops of adjacent pilings, and it went adrift. Lots of damage to many boats, same site, last time.
 
thataway":3c94jgv4 said:
DJYli6zX0AEyP11.jpg

This is a truck the Sheriff's found when when doing a sweep thru Marathon.
This is also the reason you evacuate, and you do not drive during a hurricane.
The driver was killed. (on edit, someone questioned if this was during the current hurricane because no debris or water on the street--but it came from a major new source?

There are also photos of manatees stranded in the shallow water in Tampa Bay, as the water went out at the leading edge of the storm.

Certainly some massive damage in the Caribbean--not sure what we are gong to see in the keys and along the West Coast of S. Florida. There is going to be a major impact on the Everglades, In some ways, this is fortunate because it is a very low population density area. Nothing good about any of this!


Brent, since the water was sucked out that much, I suspect you will get some surge back with high water when the eye passes. We had almost 9 foot storm surge during IVAN, even though we are 14 miles by water from the Gulf.

Just think, you could have avoided all that under water work on the sea wall, had you known.. :lol:

Hopefully all will ride it out safefully with no damage!
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Woah, just imagine the force of the wind. This picture is almost unbelievable...
 
From what we are hearing it is going to be some time before the keys are "fully" re-opened. Still talk about removing the 10,000 souls who rode out the storm there. If it is like Pensacola Beach after Ivan, they did not let any home owners to return, except with escorts to get belongings, for months.

In this storm, Pensacola was the area least affected in the entire state. We had some wind gusts to 35knots, and not enough rain to make the sidewalks wet.

It also looks like Jose will not affect the mainland US--but it is taking a very crazy circular, loop path, before heading North (and some West).

Some of the Caribbean Islands are decimated. They need humanitarian help badly. There is also the huge hidden economic impact on all of the tourist oriented economies. Probably in the 10's of billions of dollars eventually.
 
Yes, I agree

I posted a video from Miami to Key West taken from a helicopter on my Facebook page. Lots of damage and unsure if the bridges can support its rate weigh capacity.

I don't know how the SW barrier islands are doing.
 
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