I think that's a good guess. It seems to be veering east with that huge wind sheer area in the gulf pushing it a bit. That's bad for Ft. Myers and Bradenton, but good for the huge population center in Tampa/St. Pete. I am thinking that we will see a shift east again. That's selfish for me too, because I was right in the line of fire yesterday..... but even so, being 30-40 miles inland usually means the winds are significantly lower and we have homes rated for 150 mph winds since they were built in the last 3-5 years.
I'm an hour northwest of orlando, not far from 'the villages'.
Right into tampa bay straight to raymond james stadium.
I'm southwest just off Hwy 27......not far from Mickey! It's our winter home so not there right now.
Oh, if you're just west of orlando, you probably wouldn't even lose power. That's 100+ miles inland. As it hits the west coast of florida, spinning counterclockwise, all that land and elevation slows the wind down. Very very very unlikely your location has significant damage. If it did, then very town from Bradenton/Sarasota through Lakeland and all the way to Orlando would be getting it much much worse than you, and it would look like a nuclear bomb went off.
Landfall will slow it but there's not a whole lot of elevation.
Yeah, I hope those that might now find themselves in the wrong quadrant/closer to the wrong qauadrant will reconsider evacuating if they had previously decided not to because they expected a more northern landfall. Are they shifting the track at all on weather broadcasts there yet?
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I too am one block off of 27 but in lake county.
Classy . . .
LOL - Go Bucs!
Good luck and let me know how we did
It's not - if it violates some rule I'm unaware of, then I sincerely apologize to the forum. It's just an off topic discussion, and I figured it might be of interest to some people to talk about it, since it's pretty much the only thing on the news around here now.
Yep - it shifted toward cape coral and Port charlotte area, it seems. I feel for those folks - batten down the hatches, for sure.... but, that is lucky for the larger population center in Tampa/St.Pete. Hopefull, it will not be too rough on the coastal towns. A few years back, Port Charlotte got flattened by a hurricane which turned east unexpectedly and strengthened. Was that Hurricane Charlie? Can't remember.
I think so - I follow it on an app, and I think the Governor announced it was tracking south of Bradenton - Venice or Cape Coral area, I think. People close to the water should evacuate, but they really don't recommend people evacuate when they are 20 miles inland - they prefer to keep the roads clear.
Yeah, get away from the surge. Other than that, stay put.
