Idalia 2023!

[Anonymous]

Hey my fellow Floridians and others following along on this ride!

Northern Tampa Bay resident here. Spending my Sunday afternoon in the cone of uncertainty, reading Denis Phillips facebook updates and thinking about sandbags (got some from Ian still).

Really though, I'm feeling like this one could be unpleasant. But it's too early to tell and lots can still change.

[Anonymous]

Well, this is looking...not good...

Got gas yesterday-thankfully not contaminated gas! Grocery store was insane except for the fresh fruit and veggies section. Will bring in my folks' yard stuff after work, checked their meds to see if they have enough for next several days (they are elderly), thankfully I had recently cleaned both theirs and my gutters. I'll be staying with them probably Tuesday night (looks like) as I will not leave them alone for a storm like this.

Grateful to live inland enough where not in flood zone. The surge predictions with this are a little scary. I tend to think that some people are thinking, oh it will turn like Ian did-but this storm's track is such that if it does make a right turn, it could hit a much more populated area (not discounting what happened to Ft Myers, but really there is much less population there than in Tampa Bay).

[Anonymous]

Good luck to you PP and all others in the cone.

I am up in the panhandle, west of the cone (near Destin). I gassed up last night just in case things turn. After I got home I read on line about bad gas being sent to gas stations in Florida. That was unnerving. I mean, the first thing you do if a hurricane is coming is that you gas up your cars. I had to google for a while to learn that it only affected a couple dozen gas stations in the Tampa area.

[Anonymous]

Nervously riding it out in Sarasota, about five miles inland so not in a flood zone. I left for Ian but am staying for Idalia. Forecast now looks like we will be okay but I know it could shift east and we could be in for a Ft. Myers beach experience.

[Anonymous]

There’s a Florida forum?!

[Anonymous]

Hello from a nervous nellie in St Pete - we brought in all our yard stuff and are now just waiting and hoping!

[Anonymous]

Gainesville here. Some gas stations are out of gas. Publix is still open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s a Florida forum?!

Yeah, they got the internet sometime last year. Crazy, huh?

[Anonymous]

My parents are in Ruskin. Looks like this will hit north, so maybe not quite as worried.

[Anonymous]

We are east coast, outside Jacksonville. I think it will calm down after it goes over land. We are close to the ocean and inter coastal so the full moon is my only concern. Schools have been cancelled but we’re not worried.
Just don’t want to loose power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are east coast, outside Jacksonville. I think it will calm down after it goes over land. We are close to the ocean and inter coastal so the full moon is my only concern. Schools have been cancelled but we’re not worried.
Just don’t want to loose power.

Same here in Orlando.

[Anonymous]

Slightly more active thread on Idalia here
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1152352.page

[Anonymous]

Got my water and snacks in New Smyrna!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gainesville here. Some gas stations are out of gas. Publix is still open.

What’s the status in Gainesville today following the storm?