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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable. [/quote]

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.[/quote]

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.[/quote]

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.[/quote]

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.[/quote]
My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power. [/quote]

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.[/quote]
I’m in Zone A, mandatory evacuation. Retention ponds in my neighborhood are high, but not overflowing. Big nothing burger for us.[/quote]

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