fullback44 said:

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Is it gonna be a dud ? Looks like a normal hurricane with some slight storm surge.. sure aren't seeing 18 ft anywhere as the weather channel is saying …. More 2-3 ft max.. that's normal I would think

Weather channel is embellishing things again..

Well just watched some of these videos …. Looks a little more serious..

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Not sure if serious

Not really. The storm is big and moving relatively slow. The real danger here will be surge and flooding from all of the rain. Think Harvey

Just not true. The videos and other channels reporting the same. This will leave devastating destruction in its path.

Well done.

Those huge cranes that were shown earlier today have started to fall.

2 of the 4 cranes we were watching have collapsed. Large high rise cranes are downed from #HurricaneIan in Port Charolotte, FL @ryanhallyall @RadarOmega pic.twitter.com/GyGCqR2DxA

— Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) September 28, 2022

fullback44 said:

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Is it gonna be a dud ? Looks like a normal hurricane with some slight storm surge.. sure aren't seeing 18 ft anywhere as the weather channel is saying …. More 2-3 ft max.. that's normal I would think

Weather channel is embellishing things again

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turn that off and watch this.

They have shown plenty of house washed away, flooding up to roof tops. They just showed fire station in Naples with 4' water and all the equipment/trucks flooded out. And that wasn't even on the water.

The Collective said:

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Well done.

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I knew I would get some reply's .. but I seriously am not seeing 18 ft anywhere .. maybe 5-6 foot surge.

When that big one hit Boliver they had real 15-18 ft surge

Has the hurricane picked up a little speed of movement? What you don't want it to do is be very slow moving or even "stall" over one place like Hurricane Havey did and just inundate on and on with rainfall.

Images are emerging of the catastrophic damage in Fort Myers Beach after #HurricaneIan’s landfall Wednesday afternoon on the west coast of Florida. Extreme storm surge, anywhere from 8 to 20 feet, has inundated the area. https://t.co/gM4xpfijcG pic.twitter.com/kLBHfYoy4V

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) September 28, 2022

Probably the worst footage yet of #HurricaneIan in Fort Myers. Buildings underwater. pic.twitter.com/m0HyiLs2ZE

— Hurricane Ian Footage (@IanFootage) September 28, 2022

Fort Meyers will need to be completely rebuilt. It is destroyed

fullback44 said:

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The Collective said:

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Well done.

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I knew I would get some reply's .. but I seriously am not seeing 18 ft anywhere .. maybe 5-6 foot surge.

When that big one hit Boliver they had real 15-18 ft surge

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Stop trolling.

If this had gone just a bit farther north, like forecast, then the surge that hit Fort myers and naples would have been pushed into bay up to Punta Gorda and the surge would have been *even more* disastrous

reports of several high rise cranes collapsing in Port Charlotte

Might be a fake. Don't know why they would leave chairs on the beach before a hurricane.

titan said:

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Has the hurricane picked up a little speed of movement? What you don't want it to do is be very slow moving or even "stall" over one place like Hurricane Havey did and just inundate on and on with rainfall.

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It's still slow as can be. Freshwater flooding is going to be the next story

These are the same people who refused to evacuate.

People, in general, are idiots.

BQ_90 said:

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fullback44 said:

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Is it gonna be a dud ? Looks like a normal hurricane with some slight storm surge.. sure aren't seeing 18 ft anywhere as the weather channel is saying …. More 2-3 ft max.. that's normal I would think

Weather channel is embellishing things again

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turn that off and watch this.

They have shown plenty of house washed away, flooding up to roof tops. They just showed fire station in Naples with 4' water and all the equipment/trucks flooded out. And that wasn't even on the water.

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Had to turn him off, got annoying. Ryan Hall Yall is still going strong though, and better coverage imo.



eta: If you're like my wife and asking "who is that kid??" lol he's a 24 year old meteorologist, just looks very young.

Spotted some "blue sheds".

In the eye wall of #Hurricane #Ian in Fort Myers. We're live on @weatherchannel along with @StephanieAbrams and @JimCantore #HurricanIan pic.twitter.com/gSBdmAUjWX

— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) September 28, 2022

I remember watching the blue shed when Harvey hit Rockport. That video was epic

2 of the 4 cranes we were watching have collapsed. Large high rise cranes are downed from #HurricaneIan in Port Charolotte, FL @ryanhallyall @RadarOmega pic.twitter.com/GyGCqR2DxA

— Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) September 28, 2022

Irish 2.0 said:

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Not Florida, but images of some of the aftermath from Ian in Cuba

Just in! Images from Hurricane Ian’s aftermath in Cuba. #HurricaneIan 🌀 pic.twitter.com/mS1E2geg7S

— Koop News (@Koopwines) September 27, 2022

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several comments under the post say those are photos from other storms.

Gotcha. Took it down. Didn't read the comments

Naples, FL. #hurricaneIan pic.twitter.com/JbrPam6bIn

— Kyla Galer (@kylagaler) September 28, 2022

fullback44 said:

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Is it gonna be a dud ? Looks like a normal hurricane with some slight storm surge.. sure aren't seeing 18 ft anywhere as the weather channel is saying …. More 2-3 ft max.. that's normal I would think

Weather channel is embellishing things again..

Well just watched some of these videos …. Looks a little more serious..

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Hearkens back to Ag79 of Websider days of yore.

Charpie said:

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I remember watching the blue shed when Harvey hit Rockport. That video was epic

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That thing didn't budge.

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=6431739460186464&id=100000514225496&set=a.104074452953028&source=57&refid=52&__tn__=EH-R

At least this weather channel lady came prepared with a condom!

fullback44 said:

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https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=6431739460186464&id=100000514225496&set=a.104074452953028&source=57&refid=52&__tn__=EH-R

At least this weather channel lady came prepared with a condom!

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Here ya go

fullback44 said:

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The Collective said:

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Well done.

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I knew I would get some reply's .. but I seriously am not seeing 18 ft anywhere .. maybe 5-6 foot surge.

When that big one hit Boliver they had real 15-18 ft surge

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Any water at the roofline of a 1-story home is at least 8', assuming no property elevation from the street level. So if you assume ~1' of elevation between street and slab (and for the sake of argument, let's say the slab is perfectly flush with the soil...which they usually aren't), then you are looking at about 9' of storm surge at a minimum...

Now if any of these homes we have seen on camera right at the coast are elevated (and I would bet several of them probably are), then the storm surge is probably closer to 12' at a minimum...

Not sure if it will make 18', but I think close to 13'-15' is probably happening in some of the videos posted on Twitter...18' won't shock me when this is all said and done...

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titan said:

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Has the hurricane picked up a little speed of movement? What you don't want it to do is be very slow moving or even "stall" over one place like Hurricane Havey did and just inundate on and on with rainfall.

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It's still slow as can be. Freshwater flooding is going to be the next story

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Ugh. That's what didn't want to hear.

Storm surge flooding in Naples from Hurricane Ian… video from @krisie_stakely (IG) pic.twitter.com/c9WPhDrDAG

— James Spann (@spann) September 28, 2022

Gives the mic a more natural feel.

fooz said:

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fullback44 said:

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https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=6431739460186464&id=100000514225496&set=a.104074452953028&source=57&refid=52&__tn__=EH-R

At least this weather channel lady came prepared with a condom!

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Here ya go

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Actually a very old trick.

Soldiers back during WWI and ever since have used them to keep sand, mud, or whatever else out of the end of the barrel.

Ha

Irish 2.0 said:

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2 of the 4 cranes we were watching have collapsed. Large high rise cranes are downed from #HurricaneIan in Port Charolotte, FL @ryanhallyall @RadarOmega pic.twitter.com/GyGCqR2DxA

— Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) September 28, 2022

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More footage.

Update from Port Charolotte FL @ryanhallyall @RadarOmega #HurricaneIan pic.twitter.com/hkRztf9eDz

— Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) September 28, 2022

Thank you.. and it looks like she's practicing on it

Rangers spring training used to be in Port Charlotte.