Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian

Hurricane 
 

I am writing this on Tuesday evening as it is likely we will lose power during the night. I'm sure you have heard that Venice is at the epicenter of Hurricane Ian. And Venice has never taken a direct hit from a hurricane in its history! If it does make landfall as a Category 3 or 4, it will be pretty scary for sure.

Thank you for all your comments and emails. My friends and family have been texting and calling all day as well. I even heard from the lovely couple who built my home and they reassured me that they weathered 5 hurricanes in this house with no problems.

I am scheduling this to post automatically tomorrow morning in the event I am without power. If I still have power, I will post an update as to how things are going.

I appreciate all your well wishes and prayers more than you know. I have read many people saying it is not as bad as you think it will be. I hope so! The builders of this home had very good advice to stay in bed with the pups and try not to look out the window. That is clearly safer and also less likely to get me freaked out.

This too shall pass.

Update - it's 6:00 am and I still have power and internet for now. The hurricane is now a Category 4 and we are expecting wind gusts of 140 mile an hour mid day and 10 - 20" of rain.

8:00 am - still have power but the winds and rain are getting stronger. We are almost to a Category 5 - just 1 mph shy of a 5! 

2:30 pm - still have power and internet - winds are 80 miles an hour.

9:30 pm - The good news is we are safe and my house is standing and we never lost power or internet (fingers crossed). The bad news is that the streets turned into raging rivers running the wrong way filled with sharks and alligators and debris and flooding the sidewalks, driveways, and lawns. The flood waters got feet from my house, and I spent hours getting as much as I could off the floors. Luckily it did not flood the house. I had put down the garage attic stairs and was ready to escape up there. No first responders because the police station and fire stations are under water and the streets are all flooded. And a massive live oak in the preserves fell and missed my house by yards. And did I mention wind gusts of 180 mph and 20 inches of rain? 20 inches of rain in Florida is a 1 in 1,000 yer event. Just another day in paradise - LOL.





27 comments:

  1. Stay safe! Keep the pups close!

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  2. Prayers surround you. We are praying for your safety.

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  3. I'm sure you have already moved all of your lovely garden stools, etc indoors for safe keeping. Let us know how you are in the coming days.

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  4. Prayers for safety for all affected by this storm . . .

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  5. stay in bed with pups and some ice cream.hope all goes well.

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  6. I'm thinking of you and all others in the path of this storm. Praying for safety for all.

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  7. Wishing you well, Beth. After Hurricane Irma in 2017, we decided to spend our Septembers up north and not at our Naples home. We're watching our house on our Ring camera, and all is ok there so far. Stay safe and and keep your pups close.

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  8. Appreciate your update! Agreed about the wisdom of sheltering in bed and not looking out the windows. Sending love to you and the pups. This too shall pass.

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  9. Thinking of you. As another reader said, you no doubt have batteries, phone chargers, water, cash, etc. because you are such a well-organized person. Houston crisis management always told residents to "flee the water and surge, stay the wind." Given that you are in a newer home, you should be fine as long as you're not too near the water. Keep us posted. If your power does go down, I hope it gets restored quickly.

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  10. Thanks for keeping us in the loop. Stay safe.

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  11. Plz be safe. We drove home to Ga. this morning from Ormond Beach - as one of the models showed Ian crossing the state heading towards Daytona. Blessings 2 U and your pups !

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  12. Praying for all of you in Florida that you will be safe and come through without damage. Please be safe!

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  13. I’m watching the news and it looks like it is right over you. I’m so worried about you, it looks horrible. Please, please be safe. I’m praying for you.

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  14. Definitely praying for all of you in the path and your fur babies. You have constantly been on my mind......I hope it isn't as awful as forecast. Hugs!

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  15. Heading to bed here at 10pm, wishing you had already added an evening update to say you are high and dry. But prayers on the way to you in any case. Courage!

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  16. Thank you for reporting that you are safe. Please continue to be careful.

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  17. Beth, Pls stay safe. Thinking of you and the pups. Hope to hear from you tomorrow. Hugs!

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  18. Very scary, Beth! I hope the worst is over in your neighborhood….prayers for you and your fellow Floridians!

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  19. Oh my goodness!!!!! So glad you are ok so far!! Sharks in the streets...I can't even...
    Northern Virginia will apparently get the remnants in a few days, happily not 20 inches!! ~Joy

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  20. Glad to hear that you are OK and that your house didn’t flood.

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  21. Mmm , no update . Maybe you lost power in the end . The images on tv are pretty scary , hope your house did not get flodded , even a small layer is so much cleaning up . Hope you are safe .

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  22. praying you continue to stay safe + dry
    -linda,nyc

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  23. Glad to hear that you, the pups and your house all are a ok. The aftermath and clean up will take time.. Be careful! Stay safe!

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  24. Hello Beth, hope you’re well. I’m in Sarasota and most homes in our neighborhood are without power. We have electricity but no internet or cable so news is hard to come by. Very grateful that our home didn’t sustain any damage. Eager to hear that all is well with you.

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  25. Many thoughts of you, hoping all is well with you and pups. Prayers.

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