Hurricane Ian

[David Leighton Reid]

Thoughts and prayers go out to our SW Florida golfing brethren as Hurricane Ian approaches.  Stay safe.  

[tony@CIC]

We're not leaving for our Tampa condo til this Saturday, but like @fozcycleour place is located in Zone E so we don't have to worry about storm surges or rivers flooding. On the other hand the rain... that'll be monumental almost 16" over three days (see pic below). Hope @revkevand his family are in a safe location. Our thoughts and prayers for those in more precarious situations. 

p.s. how ironic that we chose to buy a place on the gulf side vs east coast because it was less hurricane prone. 

[Golf2Much]

Here in Key West we're hoping we dodged a bullet.  Like in many hurricanes we've had, it's the storm surge that causes the most damage.  With Ian slowing down, we'll likely it will be due West of us with wind and rain for our next high tide at 11:30pm.  It's a king tide to boot.  Good luck Ft. Myers and Naples.  We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for you!

[tony@CIC]

2 hours ago, Golf2Much said:

Here in Key West we're hoping we dodged a bullet.  Like in many hurricanes we've had, it's the storm surge that causes the most damage.  With Ian slowing down, we'll likely it will be due West of us with wind and rain for our next high tide at 11:30pm.  It's a king tide to boot.  Good luck Ft. Myers and Naples.  We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for you!

Ian missing the Keys has to be a blessing. We use to winter in Key Colony Beach (Marathon) which was almost completely wiped out in the last hurricane in the Keys. 

[Golf2Much]

30 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

Ian missing the Keys has to be aa blessing. We use to winter in Key Colony Beach (Marathon) which was almost completely wiped out in the last hurricane in the Keys. 

It certainly is!  We stayed for Irma in 2017.  No power for eight plus days.  No water for four or so and then only for a couple of hours a day.  Key West was lucky for that one too as it hit just up the road in Big Pine.  Two weeks after Irma we traveled to Tampa to rescue a beagle we were adopting.  We heard all the reports and thought we were prepared.  All the way up the Keys it was one disaster zone after another.  There were miles of destroyed appliances along the road.  Houses off their foundations or collapsed on itself.  It was a very sobering ride! 

[Golf2Much]

Key West made it through the night as Ian slowly passed by us.  With the wind and rain, we expect some trees to be uprooted and branches down.  However, as with many hurricanes, the real damage is from the water surge and high tides.  Many of our friends woke with 2-4 inches of water in their bedrooms.  Just to give you a sense of how bad the surge and king tides can be, this is a picture from a friend's house during last night's high tide.  This was taken just a few blocks from where we used to live.  Thank God we're on higher ground now.  

The damage here is from Ian just grazing us (got within 70 miles as a Cat 3).   Thoughts and prayers to those between Ft. Myers and Tampa where it's expected to make landfall as a potential Cat 5.  Inland, Orlando is expecting wind gusts up to 70 mph and there's talk about Ian exiting on Florida's east coast, gaining strength and hitting the Carolinas.  I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for all of you in Ian's path.

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[Rickp]

So far only light rain this morning but will get nasty later.  Have a Buddy in Ft Meyers who I’m a little concerned about.

Foz and Rev Kevin hope they hang in there safe .

[fozcycle]

Like Rickp, we have had a little rain and some heavy wind gusts.  Heavy rain and high wind expected tonight.

[Kenny B]

Hope all you guys in FL and points north are in a safe location.  We are thinking of you.  You can keep your hurricanes; I just worry about Mt. St. Helens and other volcanic eruptions.

[tony@CIC]

We're lucky in that we still have power and internet (thank you Ring camera). We'll find out Sunday if we have exterior or interior damage. 

[Golf2Much]

Here in Key West Hurricane Ian left flooded homes and cars, downed trees and other damage.  For the most part, what was lost were things that can and will be replaced.

Looking at coverage of Ian's devastation over the last 24 hours or so, it's not surprising that that hundreds of lives may have been lost.  Unfortunately, those victims cannot be replaced.  My heart aches for all of those who lost family and friends from Ian's impact.  Here's hoping that forum members, family and friends in Ian's path are and will remain safe. 

[Rickp]

Just took a short walk around neighborhood.  We were lucky, lot of rain and windy but not much damage.  Plan tree debris mostly.  
Stu & Grand Stranded it’s heading your way.  Hope if fizzles B4 gets to you.

[Larryd3]

We were very fortunate here in Oldsmar, (little north of Clearwater)  no damage in our area that I've seen other than tree limbs.  Still really windy today so will hold off putting things back outside until tomorrow.  So very sorry for the folks in the Naples, Ft Myers area, they got the brunt of Ian.   Heard from @revkevlast evening and they were doing fine in St Pete.  

[fozcycle]

Just checking in…..we came through just fine, some neighbors lost big trees but no power outage and no flooding at my home.

On 9/19/2022 at 10:47 AM, Rickp said:

On 9/25/2022 at 7:04 PM, Golfspy_TCB said:

 

[alfriday101]

Yesterday afternoon was a bit surreal.  I played golf with my next door neighbor on a beautiful, sunny day in Iowa.  He owns a winter home in the Fort Meyers area.  The radar showed the eye wall close or going over his place.  He was glad to play golf as a way to take his mind off the storm.  
 

We still don’t know what, if any, damage there was to the house.  

[tony@CIC]

4 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

We're lucky in that we still have power and internet (thank you Ring camera). We'll find out Sunday if we have exterior or interior damage. 

Just heard from a friend in Naples. His high rise condo is good, however, his Porsche SUV that was in the Condo garage is sitting in water up to its door handles - sounds like a complete loss. 

[revkev]

Sorry guys - We lost internet for a few days

But no significant damage to our property. Thankfully - I’ve been dealing with several none hurricane related issues amongst congregants and also assisting a couple of people who did experience significant home damage from downed trees. Finally got my wife and daughter home - they had evacuated - their trip back from the East Coast was a nightmare. 
 

I did hear from sportsman who is a less active MGSer in Port Charlotte - he got hit pretty bad but his house is structurally in tact. 

I have to say that this is one that is carrying a good deal of survivors guilt. 
 

how’s everyone’s clean up going? 

[Rickp]

1 hour ago, revkev said:

Sorry guys - We lost internet for a few days

But no significant damage to our property. Thankfully - I’ve been dealing with several none hurricane related issues amongst congregants and also assisting a couple of people who did experience significant home damage from downed trees. Finally got my wife and daughter home - they had evacuated - their trip back from the East Coast was a nightmare. 
 

I did hear from sportsman who is a less active MGSer in Port Charlotte - he got hit pretty bad but his house is structurally in tact. 

I have to say that this is one that is carrying a good deal of survivors guilt. 
 

how’s everyone’s clean up going? 

We got rain/wind no real damage at all, extremely lucky.  
Unfortunately friends in Ft Meyers, Port Charlotte & Del Ray got significant damage but physically OK.  Thanks for that.

[MattF]

A lot of the places that we know and go to in Bonita Springs got wiped out.

This is Doc's Beach house before and after.





Big Hickory Grille further down the road.



The water got to Master Bait and Tackle. I understand the condos where we normally stay are OK.