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We have family friends who live in Sarasota who are staying. One has to because of his job but I'm not sure why the rest don't leave..

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Have they weathered a direct one before, and do they trust the power and access?

Maybe they are making a judgement call.

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I don't think Sarasota has ever taken a direct or near direct hit in our lifetime. It definitely hasn't since they moved there around 2007. Husband is in public safety so he cannot leave. School was all cancelled starting yesterday.

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Sarasota checking in here. I am told the last direct hit on Sarasota was in 1921. Just spent all day putting storm covers over everyone's windows in our neighborhood. We did all windows on 10 2-story townhomes and it took two guys with 30 ft ladders and the rest of us working on the first floors 8 hours to finish. We are all staying put for the storm. It looks like it may hit right where we are, but we are 6 miles inland so storm surge won't be an issue but I don't know what we may encounter with flooding. It's been raining here almost every day since late June and some days we get 4-6 inches of rain on top of the previous days inch or two. No flooding around us ever, but nearby roads get flooded quickly when it rains hard. So we'll see.

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I'll be praying for you all too. My friends are also about 6 miles inland, just East of 75.

Thank you, greatly appreciate it.

Prayers sent. I think it is going south of y'all so you will be on the good side of the storm.
Lived in Beaumont with Rita and Ike. Trust me, it makes a huge difference being on the good side.

I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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he is already doing stuff on youtube.

Oh sweet.

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Prayers sent. I think it is going south of y'all so you will be on the good side of the storm.
Lived in Beaumont with Rita and Ike. Trust me, it makes a huge difference being on the good side.

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Thank you Dermdoc. That is interesting, I have not heard that before. Maybe I'll share that with my wife who has started to freak out a bit today.

Sounds like a hard day of work. Hope you get some rest and best of luck.

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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same guy who almost died at Mexico Beach?

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Emotional Support Cobra said:

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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same guy who almost died at Mexico Beach?

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Same guy who rode out the first half of Harvey at the Blue Shed car wash. He's my hero.

so h;'s now on youtube? Periscope a thing of the past?

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Emotional Support Cobra said:

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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he is already doing stuff on youtube.

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anything live right now? looks like 11 hours ago on the twisterchaser channel

whats the best youtube to be watching for live updates.

THIS is why I am buying in Ormond Beach and not on the gulf coast or miami!

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Emotional Support Cobra said:

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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same guy who almost died at Mexico Beach?

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Same guy who rode out the first half of Harvey at the Blue Shed car wash. He's my hero.

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That video was INSANE!

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Emotional Support Cobra said:

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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he is already doing stuff on youtube.

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anything live right now? looks like 11 hours ago on the twisterchaser channel

whats the best youtube to be watching for live updates.

THIS is why I am buying in Ormond Beach and not on the gulf coast or miami!

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no. you have to bounce between TwisterChasers and his Twitter account

https://twitter.com/Jeff_Piotrowski

it is still early in the event so expect updates to be much more frequent/

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Biden is refusing to speak with DeSantis about the hurricane. Instead he's calling mayors and county officials in Florida.

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Seen on Instapundit: "Hurricane prediction: Whatever happens to Florida between now and November 2024, it'll be [treated as] the worst disaster response since Katrina and Maria. Literally Hurricane Hitler. Federal response will be reported as having been hamstrung by local ineptitude and corruption."

It's almost the exact inverse of Katrina. Back then, Republican in the White House before landfall FEMA was saying "We've got help if you want it" and (corrupt and incompetent Dems) Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin dithered until the fecal matter had already hit the rotating air circulation device. (Fun fact: FEMA can't just go into a state and do stuff. There needs to be a request from the state .gov.)

Now there's Republican in the state governor's chair, and corrupt and incompetent Dems running the show in DC.

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Prayers sent. I think it is going south of y'all so you will be on the good side of the storm.
Lived in Beaumont with Rita and Ike. Trust me, it makes a huge difference being on the good side.

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Thank you Dermdoc. That is interesting, I have not heard that before. Maybe I'll share that with my wife who has started to freak out a bit today.

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I think you will lose power unless you have a generator but I think that will be the major problem.
Rather than going and fighting the crowds for bottled water, fill your bath tubs with water.
If you have frozen meats and a gas or charcoal grill grill some stuff. That is what we did.
Also bought battery operated like Coleman Lantern style lights. Stationed them around the house. And if you do not have a battery operated radio, get one.

And I always stocked up on wine.

We actually made it a party.

This is a strange and puzzling assertion from @POTUS.

Governor DeSantis and Florida's world class emergency management & first responders are ready to help all Floridians impacted by #HurricaneIan, regardless of vaccination status. https://t.co/ui08DDuBXH

— DeSantis War Room 🐳 (@DeSantisWarRoom) September 27, 2022

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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same guy who almost died at Mexico Beach?

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Same guy who rode out the first half of Harvey at the Blue Shed car wash. He's my hero.

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That video was INSANE!

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My parent's primary residence was on Key Allegro at the time so my friend and I were texting while watching the storm hit in real time. I cannot imagine riding it out. Both houses on either side of our house imploded. What a time to be able to see that.

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I think you will lose power unless you have a generator but I think that will be the major problem.
Rather than going and fighting the crowds for bottled water, fill your bath tubs with water.
If you have frozen meats and a gas or charcoal grill grill some stuff. That is what we did.
Also bought battery operated like Coleman Lantern style lights. Stationed them around the house. And if you do not have a battery operated radio, get one.

And I always stocked up on wine.

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The Hubs and I would go on three to four day camping trips way down on Padre Island back in the day. Marine cooler with ten 10pound bags of ice covered in shade and Mom, the sewing wizard that she was made a "Koozy" for that cooler with white naugahide and auto hood insulation she bought from J.C. Whitneys, a little Velcro for closures over the top. That ice lasted for days and days and served for our coolers with food and ice for our drinks.

We had five gallon collapsible water containers and would fill those up right before we hit the island. Usually six of them.

Solar shower also worked well. Hence the extra water. Our camping sites looked like a freakin' compound that attracted attention from the Coast Guard overflight and Immigration helicopters.

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This is a strange and puzzling assertion from @POTUS.

Governor DeSantis and Florida's world class emergency management & first responders are ready to help all Floridians impacted by #HurricaneIan, regardless of vaccination status. https://t.co/ui08DDuBXH

— DeSantis War Room 🐳 (@DeSantisWarRoom) September 27, 2022

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I don't know what's worse, the fact that Biden said that, or the fact that his supporters on Twitter are dismissing the idiocy because he said it 13 months ago.

81M for sure.

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This is a strange and puzzling assertion from @POTUS.

Governor DeSantis and Florida's world class emergency management & first responders are ready to help all Floridians impacted by #HurricaneIan, regardless of vaccination status. https://t.co/ui08DDuBXH

— DeSantis War Room 🐳 (@DeSantisWarRoom) September 27, 2022

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this was from a year ago.

still asinine and idiotic. but not from the last 368 days.

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Rapier108 said:

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This is a strange and puzzling assertion from @POTUS.

Governor DeSantis and Florida's world class emergency management & first responders are ready to help all Floridians impacted by #HurricaneIan, regardless of vaccination status. https://t.co/ui08DDuBXH

— DeSantis War Room 🐳 (@DeSantisWarRoom) September 27, 2022

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this was from a year ago.

still asinine and idiotic. but not from the last 368 days.

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Except the rumor, thanks to idiots spreading false information on social media, is that you have to be "vaxxed" to go to a shelter, or to receive assistance after the storm. It's all BS, but trolls are spreading it.

DeSantis had to come out and say all Floridians will receive any help and assistance they need regardless of whether they took the shots.

I forgot to mention also go get a bunch of ice if you can.

It may melt but it then will be water.

And make sure any necessary prescriptions are refilled

Thank you Dermdoc for all the great advice. I did almost everything you recommended, I have not gotten ice yet. But I did fill the bathtub earlier. And I got a new propane tank for the grill and charcoal for the other grill, got a new cooler and my wife went to Costco and got a handle of Woodford and a case of wine. So death should come by cirrhosis, not Ian.

Gov. Ron DeSantis spent his first term becoming one of the most influential Republicans in the country.

But he still hasn’t faced one of the toughest challenges a Florida leader can encounter: a hurricane.https://t.co/Ad4eIBbsSI

— POLITICO (@politico) September 27, 2022

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I am ready for when it is Piotrowski time!
https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1OdKrpRgBnnJX

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same guy who almost died at Mexico Beach?

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Same guy who rode out the first half of Harvey at the Blue Shed car wash. He's my hero.

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That video was INSANE!

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My parent's primary residence was on Key Allegro at the time so my friend and I were texting while watching the storm hit in real time. I cannot imagine riding it out. Both houses on either side of our house imploded. What a time to be able to see that.

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One of my best friends is from Port O'Conner. Her Dad and brother rode it out. Dad will never leave, and brother felt obligated to help Dad. Her brother said he'll never do it again.

Hunker down.

Prayers for Sovereign God's protection.

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Hunker down.

Prayers for Sovereign God's protection.

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Or agacharse, as Dora would say.

My mom always stocked up on cans of Underwood Deviled ham and chicken for hurricanes. A can of that with Ritz crackers and carrot sticks made many a meal when the power was gone from a hurricane or tropical storm

If you have kids, get candy and fruit snacks and Capri Suns and new crayons and coloring books.


Houston strong

Ian will probably be a cat 5 at landfall now. It underwent explosive intensification and is still strengthening. This storm may be one of the costliest storms in American history.

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/the-best-hurricane-ian-jokes-and-memes-are-already-here/Slideshow/32560043/32560359

"The best Hurricane Ian jokes and memes are already here"

They have a boatload of memes at the link...

Get solar powered yard lights. They are rechargeable and last longer than many flashlights. One or two will light up a room for hours.

Well, that's just awful. Worst case scenario unfolding as #MajorHurricaneIan exploded to nearly Category 5 overnight. Last models I saw at 2:30 AM showed considerable intensity increase to landfall. pic.twitter.com/v8a0l3fpz8

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) September 28, 2022

Oh my.

****s about to get real people. Punta Gorda Waffle House closed.

If ever there was a dire warning. #WaffleHouse #closed #ian #comingstorm #florida pic.twitter.com/i1MEtfN3f4

— MovementMag (@MovementMag) September 28, 2022

How you know Hurricane Ian is no joke: "Nearly a dozen Waffle House locations also closed." pic.twitter.com/OTygvM5Xa6

— The Recount (@therecount) September 28, 2022