Here's the latest. Looks like the 12 hours from 2 AM - 2 PM Eastern for Central Florida with center nearest Orlando about 8 AM. Venice looks like ground zero but the Tampa Bay area is so populated! Tampa Bay General Hospital put up a barrier over 6 feet tall that kept Helene's water surge out. This may not be good enough this time. High tide Tampa Bay is 6:51 AM Thursday morning. This might be helpful as the wind direction may be opposing the tides by then. There was a storm in 1848 that put the area where downtown Tampa is today under 15 feet of water.
@AdamG - if memory serves, Ian paid your locale a visit. How are things looking in your neck of the woods?
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Not looking good at present. We were unable to evacuate for multiple reasons. We will be riding out the storm. Steel shutters are up and all possible precautions and preparations have been taken. House is solid concrete reinforced with rebar and all the roof trusses are tied into the concrete walls and foundation. Ceramic tile roof. The only thing we can’t really prepare for is storm surge. We are approximately 36 miles from the shore/beach. We are close to a tidal river but again 36+ miles up the river. Thank you for the concern and well wishes. Any of you that wish to offer prays we will humbly take all we can get. I live south of Tampa and North of Sarasota. Will try to update this post after the hurricane rolls by. That is after they restore power and internet. Could be a few days/weeks.
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