The 2nd lesson I learned after moving to Florida....along with "just assume any body of water down here has an alligator living in it."

Stay safe my friends

My stepfather has a sick crib on Siesta Key. If I had to guess from staying there a ton, I'd say his sliding glass doors in back are about 10ft above the water level of the intercoastal that runs behind his house. Floor to 16 ft ceiling back wall is all glass. Not looking good...

It’s a body of water, no matter how small, it has an alligator in it. Don’t swim in lakes and streams in Florida.

Yeah the latest from the Tampa weatherman everyone trusts for decades, has it hitting Sarasota head in. Siesta key is right there.

Meant to say and look for Tampa. It's early here.

Miami was never in the cone. Some actually went to Miami to escape the storm instead of heading north

Denis or Paul?

Between category and landfall changing every time you read something I lost track and meant to say Tampa.

I'm up but my brain isn't yet.

Jim Cantore on TWC this morning about to have kittens

We've vacationed at Anna Maria quite a bit. Beautiful area. Sadly looks like it's about to take a direct hit.

This is a good channel. They were live until late last night. Will go live again later this morning.

https://youtu.be/Z2nxCX_JH18?si=zastaD-RedluzMhL

8a ET Update

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graph...e_and_wind.png

Or perhaps many people have stopped trusting the sources that used to be universally recognized as trustworthy because they have proven to not be trustworthy any longer. :hmmm:

Now a CAT4. Stay safe.