We are expecting tropical storm conditions here. Winds should start picking up around 9:00am. Won't see heavy rain & thunderstorms till about 4:00pm & we'll be beaten by that till the cows come home. Expecting 2 to 4 foot storm surge. Nothing like what we had with Ian (that storm beat the crap out of us).

I hope everyone stays safe.

Are you in Florida? If you are, you stay safe as well.

We get tornadoes. We get derecho's and straight line storms that can be devastating. But I don't think I could take a hurricane.

As if what she’s going through at New College isn’t terrible enough, now this!

Any first hand reports? Looks like a nightmare for everyone.

But right now it’s the storm we’re worried about. I’m in Maine, so it’s a long-distance worry. She says they are just waiting.

we're still in a hurricane warning zone, so I expect strong winds tonight and tomorrow morning.

It's making landfall and will track over some of the least populated areas of FL. The coast will get hammered, but it's not as densely populated as South Florida. There are not any "beaches" in this part of FL.

Once inshore, it's going to track over a lot of pine forest. Mainly, Osceola National Forest. There are a few towns it will impact, Live Oak, Lake City and several small towns with small populations.

We are on the "bad side" of the hurricane, but it's track has moved a little west of us and as long as that holds, it will be a rain event mainly. It's the small tornadoes that will pop up that worry me. We had one during Ian in 22 that damaged my neighborhood. Took out a nice Drake Elm in my yard. Miss that tree.

I was amazed at the beauty of the pine forests. Not the Florida I was use to
down Ft Laud/Miami way...
Good thing it's not densly populated like you said..
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safety . Hope it isn’t as bad as they are predicting. I’m in PA, but have lived in Charleston SC (not during Hugo).

House and boat all prepared, just like last year for Ian. If the current path is correct we'll get some wind and much needed rain.

You're about to find out your insurance ain't worth shit!

...insurance company went bankrupt.

2 homes, a motor home, both cars, and a large boat. They are elderly and still have PTSD from what they went thru. They are now living in a home they bought in Sarasota, and fortunately it has a second story because flooding is expected again. They are basically losing their shit right now.

I was born and raised in Florida, and have always lived on the coastline, so hurricanes don't really phase me. You basically just spend your life prepared to lose everything. But, I'm still able bodied. I'm sure my outlook will change as I become less agile with age. It's the soul sucking heat and humidity that will be the reason I eventually leave Florida.

Have a 5000 lb trailer that I'm hooking up to truck this PM. If the winds stay below 80, she should hold. If it turns to a Cat 5 we are out of here.
Have family and friends who have evacuated St.Pete.
My daughter, in South Tampa, 7 ft above, ordered a grocery delivery.
We dodged a bullet last year and hopefully this year, but those south of us last year are not whole. Those north of us have my hopes it turns out well.