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thanks Aug, I'm getting some serious wind gusts here now, man you should see these tree's bow down,i guess it will steadily get worse as the hours towards midnight and beyond here tonight,wind comes and goes..whew..its going to be bad here tonight as the eye comes over me..please lord..let my roof stay on.

Looks like the eye passed over Naples at 27.7 inches
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_wind_pres.php?station=npsf1&uom=E&time_diff=-4&time_label=EDT

Hey St Pete, that's an impressive number. My first cane coming from the Midwest. These beasts take their time, don't they?

That they do PT. And to think this is a quick mover. Gives some perspective to TX with Harvey stalling for 4 days.

I'd go outta my mind if this lasts longer. Yes Texas all those poor folks!! Wonder if the wind will wake me up tonight?

Pressure dropping here in St. Pete
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_wind_pres.php?station=sapf1&uom=E&time_diff=-4&time_label=EDT

stormy here in Pinellas..wind gusts still really strong..........stay safe out there.

winds really brutal here by me right now,with pouring wind driven rain..Irma still a cat 2 so far.................Hur Irma
ADV#48 11:00 pm EDT
27.5N 81.9W
Wind: 100MPH
Pres: 952mb
Moving:
N at 14 mph

Luckily its just after 11pm and still have power,with these really strong gusts I haven't seen any tree's down yet on my street..cant go outside without getting soaked real quickly...hope everyone is ok and safe,,hopefully these real strong winds will die down some and whats left of the eye passes going NW..i think its near sebring right now or just past it...amazing being overland so long its still a cat-2 wow.

well its after 11pm and I guess I made it thru this ok so far, need sleep badly lol..good night folks..hope everyone is safe,

Somewhat of a sleepless night here. Waiting for the last significant band to move through. The rains should then subside but winds will remain a threat. Surprised I still have power. Here's a static loop of the "grand finale" rainband for me (I think) pinwheeling out of Flagler County.

Rain hasn't been too terribly bad. Had 5.5" last I checked around 8pm. I'd guess up to 8-9" now with a couple more on the way.

Checking from NPR. Made it through the storm very well. Never lost power. Time to begin the cleanup. We dodged a huge bullet here.

Anyone hear from Largo??

I hope all my Florida friends have a fast recovery and may your power be restored soon!! The aftermath is always the worse part...hang in there!

Just a note, if your still have power you may be turned off as they rehook all the network back together. We lost it here around 2pm and came back on at 8pm.

Good Tuesday Morning folks!...I got my power back somewhat late last night,but early this morning I'm still hearing distant transformers blow...just lost internet a few minutes ago but its back on now..well for me..i lost most if not all of my banana tree's,and most of my tropical..sunday night real late..the winds became bad..maybe midnight,1am or so..i took my little dog outside and the wind picked her up and tossed her..good thing I had the leash on her..in my entire life..ive never seen the wind so Mean and strong...im guessing 80-100 mph as Irma was just inland over in polk county I guess..thats when tree branches came down and all my plants etc got ruined..and I lost power quick too..wellwe got a day.playing cave people..BBQ'ing even the coffee etc lol..good thing Monday wasn't 90 something degree's as it was indeed feeling cooler her as Irma went on her way north....well hopefully the city will p/u all the huge mounds of tree debris a of us have piled up on the curb grass..luckily none of my oaks came down just lots of thick branches..and no roof or building damage thank goodness...news is saying Irma came thru central florida as a strong cat-1 at the time the wind got really bad that night...oh well its over...hope some of you that lost power get it back soon...anyone hear from Billsfan yet?

and so far it looks like JOSE wont be coming here also..........................

well just tried to get some gas this early morning, no stations open with gas yet..but now power is on for some of them maybe gas deliveries later today

still some area's here by me dark, no streetlights or traffic lights etc..maybe sometime later today they too will get power.

folks when you get your power back let us know your ok please,

Hi Largo, all is well here, lots of debris to clean up but power is on. Looking at a nearby gauge looks like it passed here at 28.9 inches, winds dropped and then picked up which would suggest we were in the eye, not sure if I believe that. There was a wobble that took it east just as it passed Tampa Bay.

StPeteFLwx wrote:Hi Largo, all is well here, lots of debris to clean up but power is on.  Looking at a nearby gauge looks like it passed here at 28.9 inches, winds dropped and then picked up which would suggest we were in the eye, not sure if I believe that.  There was a wobble that took it east just as it passed Tampa Bay.

Hiya St Pete..yes it sure felt like we were In the eye alright..in my whole life ive never felt the true power of wind..angry,powerful,like a fire hydrant of air turned on full blast,hit me around 1am or so as I was walking my dog..lifted her clear off the ground,damn near bowled me over too..whew., don't want to ever feel what a 4-5 are.

some of those rain bands were stronger than the eye wall..they were pounding both the east coast and west coast at the same time..news met say they stretched out 400 miles at the time..wow what a monster storm that was huh..but glad it weakened somewhat around fort Meyers,but those bay news 9 mets sucked big time, telling everyone it weakened a lot and they were more worried about storm surge....boom the winds hit us full force and the storm surge wasn't much here...sometimes you have to listen to what your gut tells you and hunker down and prepare for the worst and don't listen to them...real glad I did...im worried about Billsfan..her area got Pounded with 100+ miles per hours for several days,and tornado's too..the east coast had a lot of tornado warnings those 2 days or more.

some area's close by me still don't have power ...I guess they are going from one transformer to the next street by street.

post office is saying no deliveries until further notice here.

swflwx...did you get power yet?..you area really got hit hard huh. post when you can,hope your ok down there.

John, are you ok after Irma?..you probably took a good hit too up there...some lady posted from Zhills on another blog..she was told power might not be restored there for 2 weeks!!..hope you area gets power real soon ok....post when you can ok.

WD when you get power back, let us know your ok up there

I think San said she was evacuating,hope she returns soon and has power.

San is fine..heard from her yesterday,she has no power and is saving her phone charge in case needed...

Aug is without power also but I have heard from him also..

ok thanks Gome,have a good night ok

Thanks for the updates, Gomey. My Sis in Jax just got power moments ago.

My power cut a few moments after my last post and was restored around 9'ish this evening.  According to radio as I waited with no other comm's, it was mentioned Jax area had it 2nd worst in the state behind the keys.  Just yesterday alone there were around 500 water rescues in Duval and St John's county due to river flooding.  Irma was a TS at the time but had cat3 surge.  I saw some wind reports in the mid 80's with one suspect report of 106 in Talbot Island.  Rain gauge had 13.74" upon check yesterday morning.  It only holds eleven.  I dumped a couple times earlier on Sunday when there brief lulls in squalls.  3 day total over 16"

StAugustineFL wrote:My power cut a few moments after my last post and was restored around 9'ish this evening.  According to radio as I waited with no other comm's, it was mentioned Jax area had it 2nd worst in the state behind the keys.  Just yesterday alone there were around 500 water rescues in Duval and St John's county due to river flooding.  Irma was a TS at the time but had cat3 surge.  I saw some wind reports in the mid 80's with one suspect report of 106 in Talbot Island.  Rain gauge had 13.74" upon check yesterday morning.  It only holds eleven.  I dumped a couple times earlier on Sunday when there brief lulls in squalls.  3 day total over 16"

geez Aug, stay safe up there ok

Irma was a strange storm,although it did rain here for days,i never got the deluge you would expect from a major hurricane,by me it was the winds..i guess each storm is different in its own way huh

well so far only ukmet model takes Jose southward,gfs/euro take it northward...........

Good Wednesday morning folks!...hopefully some will regain their power today,so many still in the dark,well at least the rains have stayed away mostly,we need this drying out period,hope no one got any home damage from Irma...im perking the Blogs coffee,i need a big cup,dogs woke me up early this morning lol...have a great day everyone.

well could be..some scattered showers around.........................NWS Tampa..........Wed Sep 13 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for West Central And Southwest
Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected. Thunderstorms
that develop will be capable of producing strong gusty
winds...locally heavy rains... and frequent deadly lightning
strikes.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
Area rivers are continuing to rise as a result of high rain
totals from Hurricane Irma, and numerous rivers are in major flood
stage. With low rain chances forecast today, most rivers have
either already crested, or will crest during the next couple of
days. Residents living along rivers or faster flowing streams
should remain aware of water levels and be ready to move to higher
ground should flooding be observed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will be possible each day.
Thunderstorms will be capable of producing strong gusty
winds...locally heavy rains...and frequent deadly lightning
strikes.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
Numerous rivers will remain in flood stage through the next
several days. Residents living along rivers or faster flowing
streams should remain aware of water levels and be ready to move
to higher ground should flooding be observed.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today.

$$

Davis

Morning All, I'm Here!!!!!!
Everything is fine just no power but I have a generator.
Lets see where to start.. Bar. 28.46 was lowest pressure. 6.67 in the bucket winds 38 gusting to 68.
I live in a dry lake bed so the heavy wind most of the time don't get me. Lots and lots of trees down and from what I could see which is not much some damage to buildings and fences.
Have a good day!!!
John Z-hills

Made it through the storm quite well. Hope everyone else did the same. What a major scare that was for the entire state. I gotta thank Marco Island for taking it on the chin for the rest of us. It was much nicer coming home this time compared to last year with Hermine when I had a foot of water surrounding my house and Cedar Key was a wreck. Irma caused no flooding or major damage to anyone in my neck of the woods. Irma had more wind, but less rain than most of the other storms I have been through. Only got 5". She did knock down a lot of large limbs around my property, luckily they fell harmlessly around the house, my sheds and my pole barn. I finished a lot of my clean up yesterday, but still a bunch left to pick up around the yard. It will have to wait until the weekend as I am back to work today.

severstorm wrote:Morning All, I'm Here!!!!!!
Everything is fine just no power but I have a generator.
Lets see where to start.. Bar. 28.46 was lowest pressure. 6.67 in the bucket winds 38 gusting to 68.
I live in a dry lake bed so the heavy wind most of the time don't get me. Lots and lots of trees down and from what I could see which is not much some damage to buildings and fences.
Have a good day!!!
John Z-hills

Hiya John glad you made it thru the storm ok,hope they get the power back to you soon..still a lot out around me still but I see the repair trucks around so some will get power back today....came out this morning and the fence I'n my backyard went down, had to get all of that out to the street for P/U whenever they can..that was about the only damage I got besides all the tree stuff that fell.

waterdipper wrote:Made it through the storm quite well. Hope everyone else did the same. What a major scare that was for the entire state. I gotta thank Marco Island for taking it on the chin for the rest of us. It was much nicer coming home this time compared to last year with Hermine when I had a foot of water surrounding my house and Cedar Key was a wreck. Irma caused no flooding or major damage to anyone in my neck of the woods. Irma had more wind, but less rain than most of the other storms I have been through. Only got 5". She did knock down a lot of large limbs around my property, luckily they fell harmlessly around the house, my sheds and my pole barn. I finished a lot of my clean up yesterday, but still a bunch left to pick up around the yard. It will have to wait until the weekend as I am back to work today.

good morning WD, glad your property made it thru ok..AUG said there's ALOT of flooding up around Jacksonville etc...more rain possibilities thurs/Friday..get whatever outside stuff pretty much today huh..

Billsfan is the one I'm worried about,the storm lasted down there for quite awhile longer,whew that was some BIG storm in area huh..hope she and her family are ok.

Irma was a killer storm alright..still finding bodies................................

The Weather Channel
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@weatherchannel
The death toll from Hurricane #Irma in the Caribbean and Southeast U.S. has risen to 52:
http://
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LargoFL wrote:

waterdipper wrote:Made it through the storm quite well. Hope everyone else did the same. What a major scare that was for the entire state. I gotta thank Marco Island for taking it on the chin for the rest of us. It was much nicer coming home this time compared to last year with Hermine when I had a foot of water surrounding my house and Cedar Key was a wreck. Irma caused no flooding or major damage to anyone in my neck of the woods. Irma had more wind, but less rain than most of the other storms I have been through. Only got 5". She did knock down a lot of large limbs around my property, luckily they fell harmlessly around the house, my sheds and my pole barn. I finished a lot of my clean up yesterday, but still a bunch left to pick up around the yard. It will have to wait until the weekend as I am back to work today.

good morning WD, glad your property made it thru ok..AUG said there's ALOT of flooding up around Jacksonville etc...more rain possibilities thurs/Friday..get whatever outside stuff pretty much today huh..

Yeah, aside from the winds, which were managable there were 3 confirmed tornado's in my county. The St Johns River took a lashing with surge and Black Creek really took a hit from surge. Many people on the roofs on their homes waiting on rescue. One woman got swept away. She hadn't been found yet last I heard but I really haven't checked up much today.

This person better be thanking a higher power.  OMG.  Half a second later and he'd be most likely be dead.

StAugustineFL wrote:This person better be thanking a higher power.  OMG.  Half a second later and he'd be most likely be dead.

OMG,can you imagine?..geez

I posted on the other thread, but yes a long storm. And we lost power early. No major damage. Five long days without AC. Back up now. Hope it stays.