Major Hurricane Idalia hit Florida last week

Good luck

 

Ryan always has good coverage with multiple cams and chasers:

https://www.youtube.com/live/4Twdn4GowHA?si=4QSnGN3aPd_7ppJe

 

Freddy Mckinney FreddyMcKinneyR is chasing an impressive storm live on SevereStudios. Watch Live:

 

If there is any good news, it is that this storm is moving really fast.

 

Currently raining like hell with the wind around 36mph, gusts of 53. Power is out across the county. I'm at work and we generate our own power, so I feel pretty safe at the moment.

 

Yep, moving fast. Also appears from Tampa to Tallahassee that the most populated areas didn't get the worst impacts. Still appears to be significant flooding in many places but this could have been a lot worse even.

Keep an eye out for pop up tornadoes.

 

you said your house is at 11.0 and water is within 1.5' of it at low tide? that would be 9' of surge which would seem high for Tampa. Hopefully your neighbors judgement is off a bit and you have more room to spare. I wouldn't have anticipated more than 4 - 5 feet of surge in Tampa.

 

agreed, sometimes buildings can take the wind for a limited duration but not repeatedly over a longer period. Ian sat on us and wore us out when it slowed and turned

 

Still getting quick squalls blowing through here in Tampa. Just drove through one.

 

tide is coming in and south winds still pushing water. your water will not really start to recede until tonight when the tide goes back out. likely rise another 2' or so with high tide around 3 depending on where you are

 

Good God. I put the weather channel on and the guy is standing there in one continual lecture - don't go out in this, if you make contact with a fallen wire you die, don't go out in this, it's dangerous. stay home. it's dangerous ... over and over ...

 

Flash Flood Emergency for Valdosta.