Good to hear an update!!!
Irma, like any strong woman, has a mind of her own. Will be pretty much hugging the west coast of Florida.
My area expecting about 90 mph wind gusts rain, which we will take anydaý.
Thanks for the update TPM, and to all Floridians stay safe.
Update...prime target now Tampa, not Miami.
Would it be in poor taste to say I hope she takes out the Trop? Probably, but ah, heck, I'll say it anyway. I hope all the people of the "other bay area" stay safe, and the Trop takes all that Irma can dish out.
My sister lives north of Tampa (Lutz) and they are hunkered down, waiting for the storm. There has been a mandatory evacuation order but only for those in flood zones and those in mobile homes. If you haven't left by now, might as well stay put unless in a flood zone or a mobile home.
Has been a rough 24 hours but we are good! Not something that we wish to do again for a long time. I haven't been home yet but my neighbor said he hasn't had a chance to access any damage, lots of people had leaks they never knew existed until Irma.
Since we had no power here at daughters, just now getting a chance to watch the news. Hope that everyone survived the storm.
Every news person who has said "Irma is ONLY a catagory 2 hurricane now" should be fired. What's a mear 100 mph winds in the scheme of things? Idiots.
School closed Monday and Tuesday, an hour north of Atlanta. My boss called and said not to come in. Governor has said to stay off the roads until given the all clear. Atlanta buildings already have pieces flying off. We still don't know what we are in for.
Just got power back about 30 mins ago. We didn't have any real damage, but there are a ton of trees down in the neighborhood. We used the redneck mobile to drag a couple of large trees out of the street so that there is a route to get out of our neighborhood to the main roads. We were probably 100 miles or so from the eye and the winds gusted to hurricane strength, but I don't think they stayed there consistently.
Heard from my mom and sister all good. Lots of water and debris everywhere. Miami dodged a silver bullet for sure.
The whole state dogged a bullet. Just trees down, power lines. Lots of lessons learned after Wilma.
We were prepared.
Update. The worst part f the storm seems to be taking place on the east coast, record flooding in Orlando up to Jax. 10 deaths reported in Florida Keys.
No damage at my sisters house just north of Tampa. Small limbs down and backyard flooded, but no water came in the house. Never lost power, but it did blink a few times.
Does anyone have info on how Ft Myers faired?
My prayers and thoughts are with everyone affected by Irma. Stay safe!
Birdman14, sent you a PM
TPM posted:The whole state dogged a bullet. Just trees down, power lines. Lots of lessons learned after Wilma.
We were prepared.
I take this back. After watching the news, the Keys have been devastated. Jacksonville major flooding and several communities along the west coast flooded or torn apart.
6.5 million people are without power.
I am very lucky . How we managed to come home to power and a few water spots is amazing.
TPM posted:TPM posted:The whole state dogged a bullet. Just trees down, power lines. Lots of lessons learned after Wilma.
We were prepared.
I take this back. After watching the news, the Keys have been devastated. Jacksonville major flooding and several communities along the west coast flooded or torn apart.
6.5 million people are without power.
I am very lucky . How we managed to come home to power and a few water spots is amazing.
Glad to hear you're one of the more fortunate ones. 
My sister in Winterhaven had minimal damage. She'ts going back today (from Atlanta)
Our places in Ft Myers were not damaged. My son's house in Naples was in the predicted 10-15 foot storm surge area, but that didn't happen, he lost a few tiles off the roof. Clean up and power outage are the main issues. The baseball fields are fine. All in all, pretty darn lucky for the most part. Once power is restored everywhere everything should be fairly normal. Sounds like other than Key West, Miami and Jacksonville received the most damage.