I feel for you. I think you're going to get the worst surge from the backside before the eye, then get a surge from the front side after.
Cape Coral looks to be where the biggest mess is going to be. So many houses that are going to be covered with water.
Won't be much left on Sanibel Island afterwards either.
Ian is currently 45 miles SW of Punta Gorda. It is hitting Wheat real hard right now.
Best wishes to all in that area.
Wheat sent me a brief video of current conditions around his house, which you can view here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49fIWPz_PME
Another video from Wheat as conditions worsen with the landfall of Hurricane Ian at Boca Grande.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYOxywzWKQI
Ian's slow movement is terrible for the west coast as it strolls and pounds. But it's "great" for us in the path on the east coast. That gives it time to dissipate over land and will "only" be a tropical storm when it gets here. Charley zipped across the state in 2004 and was still punching as a hurricane when it passed us.
I feel so bad for those on the southwest coast. I've ridden out 90 mph winds, I can't imagine 150. Take care.
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. - George Jean Nathan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AOqVWG_uTo
His latest one. He should be inside the eye soon.
https://twitter.com/mikebettes/statu...80210219139080
Camera going under 6 feet of water in Ft Myers Beach.
Conditions in Boca Grande as the eyewall passes over:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AOqVWG_uTo
Lots of incredible videos in this guys twitter feed.
https://twitter.com/ryanhallyall
Technical landfall at 3:13.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Stay safe, Wheat. This storm is one of the most powerful to ever hit the west coast of Florida. Not counting the Panhandle, obviously.
I saw a post on another board reporting that Ian is the fifth worst hurricane ever to hit the United States, with four of those five landing in Florida:
1. Labor Day Hurricane (1935) - Florida Keys ... Cat 5
2. Hurricane Camille (1969) - Mississippi Gulf Coast ... Cat 5
3. Hurricane Andrew (1992) - Homestead / SE Florida ... Cat 5
4. Hurricane Michael (2018) - Mexico Beach / Florida Panhandle ... Cat 5
5. Hurricane Ian (2022) - SW Florida ,,, Cat 4 or Cat 5
Check out this one: it's from a 3rd floor window in Ft. Meyers
https://twitter.com/JasonFox29/statu...NJL_srb2OD5xDw