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Old 09-26-2022, 10:21 AM   #41
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The west coast of Florida is on the “bad” side of this one for wind and storm surge. This will be a throwback to the 2004-2005 seasons.
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Old 09-26-2022, 10:35 AM   #42
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Looks like I will be doing the same as healhustler, good luck Larry. We may have a little better chance than LBK, being at Twin Dolphin with floating docks.

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Old 09-26-2022, 11:51 AM   #43
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Good luck, Bob. I guess I’ll be stocking up on marshmallows again.
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Old 09-26-2022, 11:56 AM   #44
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Latest tropical tidbits video. There is still a chance it could head more west like the euro model shows here.

https://youtu.be/nDiDdBF696c
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Old 09-26-2022, 12:20 PM   #45
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I suppose this is a dumb question, but I will just ask it anyway. If I had a boat on the west coast of Florida (which I don't -- this is just theoretical) and I ran it up the Caloosahatchee River at Ft. Myers, beyond the first lock, wouldn't that negate the effect of a storm surge???
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Old 09-26-2022, 12:26 PM   #46
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I suppose this is a dumb question, but I will just ask it anyway. If I had a boat on the west coast of Florida (which I don't -- this is just theoretical) and I ran it up the Caloosahatchee River at Ft. Myers, beyond the first lock, wouldn't that negate the effect of a storm surge???

According to a poster on Cruiser Forum:


Currently a steady stream of boat traffic upstream in the Caloosahatchee River.


Upstream= further inland, further from predicted storm path and if past the Franklin lock, likely "storm surge proof".
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Old 09-26-2022, 12:29 PM   #47
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Being inland of a lock should protect from wind driven surge (unless it's so massive that it over-flows the lock). It won't necessarily protect against flooding if there's sufficiently extreme rain, but it's certainly a much safer place to be.
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Old 09-26-2022, 12:46 PM   #48
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Hurricane Ian was Tropical Storm Ian was Tropical Depression 09

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I suppose this is a dumb question, but I will just ask it anyway. If I had a boat on the west coast of Florida (which I don't -- this is just theoretical) and I ran it up the Caloosahatchee River at Ft. Myers, beyond the first lock, wouldn't that negate the effect of a storm surge???

I hid in a little canal neighborhood behind the Ortona Locks (near the River Forest yard) during Irma and it worked out well. Lots of wind but no surge obviously.
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Old 09-26-2022, 02:17 PM   #49
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Latest tropical tidbits video. There is still a chance it could head more west like the euro model shows here.

https://youtu.be/nDiDdBF696c
Thanks for posting. The first time I’ve watched his channel. He does a great job at looking at the models and explaining in layman terms.
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Old 09-26-2022, 04:20 PM   #50
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Sadly, the southern FL TV stations have to change for "You are all going to die" to "You are all going to drown."
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Old 09-26-2022, 04:40 PM   #51
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Thanks for posting. The first time I’ve watched his channel. He does a great job at looking at the models and explaining in layman terms.

It was a great explanation. However, some laymen are obviously a lot better at understanding than other laymen. :-) Lots of the talk was too technical for this old boy to follow. I did gather, though, that it was 50-50 probability of whether it would go to the east or to the west. And that once it had passed over the western tip of Cuba that things would become clearer



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Old 09-26-2022, 05:26 PM   #52
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Hurricane Ian was Tropical Storm Ian was Tropical Depression 09

Tropical Tidbits is definitely a good follow. I also follow Mike’s Weather Page. He’s not quite as precise and technical, but his site has tons of good storm info on it.
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Old 09-26-2022, 05:43 PM   #53
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All relative. Being 20 miles to the left of the centerline is a helluva better than being 20 miles to the right. May not make it good, but definitely makes a BIG difference.

Latest NHC projection attached. Remarkably steady forecast.......for now

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EXACTLY my situation in 2018's Cat 5 Michael. Had it hit 20 miles west of the Mexico Beach landfall, I'd be writing this from a new home.

The forecasters used to say that they wished the centerline of warning cones was never published because these storms have an even chance of landing anywhere within the cone. That said, the cones narrow on the landfall point as the storm closes the coast effectively making the centerline a moot point. While in the cone earlier today and last night, I got gas for the emergency generator and tested it and filled the tanks of the vehicles and confirmed my boat's hurricane hole with the property owner there.
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Old 09-26-2022, 05:46 PM   #54
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https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc-bin/t...=ssmi&PROD=gif

The Navy/TRL is calling the CPA 24 NM from MacDill (Tampa). In my personal experience, they have a good prediction record over this way (New Orleans).
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Old 09-26-2022, 06:00 PM   #55
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It was a great explanation. However, some laymen are obviously a lot better at understanding than other laymen. :-) Lots of the talk was too technical for this old boy to follow. I did gather, though, that it was 50-50 probability of whether it would go to the east or to the west. And that once it had passed over the western tip of Cuba that things would become clearer

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Like most things when it comes to my weather comprehension, I find myself nodding and looking serious while listening to Tropical Tidbits, then realizing that I have no idea what he's talking about.

I still enjoy the videos though. Maybe I can hope that a little bit is sinking in each time?
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Old 09-26-2022, 06:08 PM   #56
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All relative. Being 20 miles to the left of the centerline is a helluva better than being 20 miles to the right. May not make it good, but definitely makes a BIG difference.
Agree. My house/boat was about 20 miles from "center" on the dirty side of Ida last year. We got whacked pretty hard at the house. Boat was fine.

However, the degree of increased wind damage between my location and ground zero in that short distance was truly remarkable. Exponentially worse.

Waiting out Ida was, to me, worse than riding it out. As a friend commented: "it's like being stalked by a homicidal turtle." My thoughts, prayers, and good wishes to all in the potential path of this thing.
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Old 09-26-2022, 06:58 PM   #57
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I just got a message from my neighbor who has a boat sitting right next to mine here in Longboat Key. It looks like we’re both gonna get it bad, but he is 2000 miles away in Nova Scotia where he just got his butt kicked by hurricane Fiona. Poor guy is building a new house there and it knocked the windows out, and now he has to cope with being 2000 miles away from his next to butt kicking.

We got the notice this afternoon that we have to be off this island by 6 PM because water, sewer and electric will be cut off at 8 PM. Like in irma, it will probably be days before we can get back on the island and find out if your boat survived and how much damage there is to your residence.
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Old 09-26-2022, 07:39 PM   #58
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While everyone is rightly concerned about Ian, take a moment and see what devastation Fiona has brought to the Canadian Maritimes.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia


I think there are a few TF members in that region.
Thanks RTF. I saw horrifying news film of the Canadian east coast storm but found no mention on TF before your post. Guessing most Canadian TFers are on the west coast, but I feel for PEI we had the pleasure of visiting some years back, as well as other east regions. Best wishes to TF east coast members.
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Mr. BK. Thanks for the sentiment. Only one death reported, as far as I'm aware, at the moment. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...nday-1.6595070

We toured Newfoundland last year by car. Affectionately known as "The Rock" by locals it is probably one of the most magnificent places I've ever visited. Truly mind boggling IMHO.

Not hard to imagine the scope of the destruction as small villages and hamlets might be clustered in a small cove VERY close to the sea, not much above sea level and with storm surges estimated to be upwards of 34'...devastation.


If interested, it was less than 50 years ago that the last of the "outports" were abandoned.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...ement-villages
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Old 09-27-2022, 06:22 AM   #60
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As a friend commented: "it's like being stalked by a homicidal turtle."

Heh... good one! Apt.

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