Waffle House in Ft. Meyers closed, so shit about to get real.

Every Publix grocery store from Naples up to Tampa and over to Orlando/Ocala is closed through at least Friday.

Here too, they rolled up the sidewalks at 6pm last night

Looks like the Siesta Key beach cam just got snipered. At least temporarily. Was hoping to be able to watch it to check the storm surge. Can somebody in the area go unplug it then plug it back in?

edit - back on.

And don't just unplug it & plug it back in then leave. Wait for us to text you to tell you it's working again.

Yes, of course. I thought that went without saying. But we don't have their number so now they're gonna just have to ride it out down on the beach.

Money line on the yellow lifeguard shack making it through unscathed is +2000

Any word on if that will impact the kickoff time? I have to drive 6 hours on Sunday so I'm trying to find my window to watch the game.

Doubt they'll know until later today when they can determine what the power situation is. If metro Tampa doesn't suffer major outages I wouldn't be surprised to see them play the game there. But that's just a guess on my part.

Why are they moving this game to Minneapolis but when the field was unplayable in Mexico City, they gave the Rams a home game?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Video from Matt Tilman of Bayshore Blvd in Tampa. The bay being sucked out. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurricaneian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hurricaneian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ian</a> <a href="https://t.co/F54Lv1r5KV">pic.twitter.com/F54Lv1r5KV</a></p>&mdash; Jordan Steele (@JordanSteele) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanSteele/status/1575103067946565633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That was actually a Rams home game that they gave up for Mexico City...just gave it back to them...

If this is in reference to why doesn't KC get it, that would be the reason...

It's weird because sometimes hurricanes do probably get hyped up but I almost feel like this one is not getting hyped enough. This thing is a borderline Cat 5 and it pretty clearly seems to be strengthening as it's going to hit tonight, it sure seems like from radar there's a legit shot at 200 mph wind gusts in this thing. And then it's hitting a very vulnerable area. You're already seeing places with feet of storm surge and it hasn't officially hit yet. Then it's going to sit over the same area for a couple days instead of moving on up the coast which will cause flooding. Seems like a lot of potential for a real mess.

If it is the one I am thinking of that place should have been shutdown by the health department long ago.