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  1. #61
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    Mar 2007
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    Boca Grande Florida
    Quote Originally Posted by OZZIE4DUKE View Post
    So you were able to watch them build it? jk, trying to put some humor in a very not funny situation...

    Well, you'll be able to watch them rebuild it if you want.
    Yea, some days I feel that old.

    I’ll try to post a video of what 150mph wind gusts look like.

  2. #62
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    Nov 2016
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    Durham
    Quote Originally Posted by Wheat/"/"/" View Post
    Yea, some days I feel that old.

    I’ll try to post a video of what 150mph wind gusts look like.
    Sounds dangerous. Please stay safe.

  3. #63
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    Feb 2007
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    Santa Cruz CA
    Quote Originally Posted by Wheat/"/"/" View Post
    The harbor is shallow and the water piles up from the wind. People around the harbor are often in low lying areas in older homes. It’s not going to be good around the harbor.

    Out here, the surge comes from the gulf and will wash across the island if it gets that high. It’s a barrier island and only about 1/2 mile wide at its widest point. Most homes are built to allow flow underneath, this one is, and we are over 25ft.

    My business building is 119 years old and at about 5 ft above sea level. That’s my worry at the moment.
    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.

  4. #64
    Ian is currently 45 miles SW of Punta Gorda. It is hitting Wheat real hard right now.

    Best wishes to all in that area.

  5. #65
    Quote Originally Posted by Wheat/"/"/" View Post
    Yea, some days I feel that old.

    I’ll try to post a video of what 150mph wind gusts look like.
    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

  6. #66
    Another video from Wheat as conditions worsen with the landfall of Hurricane Ian at Boca Grande.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYOxywzWKQI

  7. #67
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    Dec 2014
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    On the Road to Nowhere
    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

  8. #68
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    Feb 2007
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    Santa Cruz CA
    Quote Originally Posted by Stray Gator View Post
    Another video from Wheat as conditions worsen with the landfall of Hurricane Ian at Boca Grande.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYOxywzWKQI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AOqVWG_uTo

    His latest one. He should be inside the eye soon.

  9. #69
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wheat/"/"/" View Post
    So I’m in Boca Grande waiting for the eye wall to get here in about an hour so I can check on my retail store.

    Yea, I know what you’re all thinking, and I wouldn’t recommend my decision for anyone else. But I’ve been through a bunch of big hurricanes in my life and knew what to expect and prepare for.

    It’s been blowing like hell, lots of tree damage but not much structural damage that I’ve seen on the island. Most homes here are built to cat 5 standards, I’m in one, we are prepared, and I feel very safe. Many homes off the island are in flood areas and not built to the standard of the house I’m in. There’s going to be some severe damage in SW Florida.

    Believe it or not, we still have power on the island as I type this.

    We are certainly not out of the woods for some major damage on the island. As the storm moves inland just north of us we are going to see a switch to onshore winds on a high tide about 3pm.

    I’m hoping my retail shop doesn’t get flooded with the expected storm surge.

    Not concerned our personal safety, we are well above any expected surge.

    Hope everyone takes this one seriously and stays safe, it’s a nasty one.
    Best wishes!

  10. #70
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    Feb 2008
    Location
    New Bern, NC unless it's a home football game then I'm grilling on Devil's Alley
    Quote Originally Posted by BigWayne View Post
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AOqVWG_uTo

    His latest one. He should be inside the eye soon.
    It's amazing the beating those palm trees can take.
    Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."

  11. #71
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    Feb 2007
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    Santa Cruz CA
    https://twitter.com/mikebettes/statu...80210219139080

    Camera going under 6 feet of water in Ft Myers Beach.

  12. #72
    Conditions in Boca Grande as the eyewall passes over:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AOqVWG_uTo

  13. #73
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    Feb 2007
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    Santa Cruz CA
    Lots of incredible videos in this guys twitter feed.
    https://twitter.com/ryanhallyall

  14. #74
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    Feb 2008
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    New Bern, NC unless it's a home football game then I'm grilling on Devil's Alley
    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."

  15. #75
    Stay safe, Wheat. This storm is one of the most powerful to ever hit the west coast of Florida. Not counting the Panhandle, obviously.

  16. #76
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    Nov 2007
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    Vermont
    Quote Originally Posted by SouthernDukie View Post
    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'd say including the panhandle, if the 155 mph winds reported are accurate..

  17. #77
    Quote Originally Posted by budwom View Post
    I'd say including the panhandle, if the 155 mph winds reported are accurate..
    Definitely one of the worst. I seem to remember Michael coming in a few years back and hitting Mexico Beach at 160 mph. Wiped out a small condo my family used to go to once in a while. Very sad.

  18. #78
    Quote Originally Posted by SouthernDukie View Post
    Definitely one of the worst. I seem to remember Michael coming in a few years back and hitting Mexico Beach at 160 mph. Wiped out a small condo my family used to go to once in a while. Very sad.
    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

  19. #79
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    Durham, NC
    Quote Originally Posted by BigWayne View Post
    Lots of incredible videos in this guys twitter feed.
    https://twitter.com/ryanhallyall
    Check out this one: it's from a 3rd floor window in Ft. Meyers

    https://twitter.com/JasonFox29/statu...NJL_srb2OD5xDw

  20. #80
    Quote Originally Posted by howardlander View Post
    Check out this one: it's from a 3rd floor window in Ft. Meyers

    https://twitter.com/JasonFox29/statu...NJL_srb2OD5xDw
    Judging from the height of those trees, color me skeptical of the claim that this video was shot from a third-floor window.

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