Ian is at 155 MPH and strengthening. This is Cat 5 territory.

[Lochloosa]

This ones going to be bad. 16' Storm Surge predicted.

https://zoom.earth/storms/ian-2022/#map=daily

[FloridaBlues]

1. Jim Cantore is in my county! Not good. Bracing for nasty weather in few hours

I’ll be in my closet

[Lochloosa]

2. Which county? If you are anywhere near these coast you need to leave now.

It's not the wind that will get you in a hurricane, it's the water. But in this case, it's both.

[FloridaBlues]

5. Charlotte county the bullseye. I'm not on the water my concern is eye wall coming over my area

Say some prayers roof stays on. The only good thing I’m not in flood zone just the eye wall zone

[Lochloosa]

6. With an 18' storm surge, everything is a flood zone.

[catbyte]

3. They just upped it to 18'

000
WTNT64 KNHC 281258
TCUAT4

Hurricane Ian Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092022
900 AM EDT Wed Sep 28 2022

...9 AM EDT IAN POSITION UPDATE...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST
COAST OF FLORIDA...

Peak Storm Surge Inundation has been increased for the following
locations:

* From Englewood to Bonita Beach...12-18 ft
* Charlotte Harbor...12-18 ft
* From Bonita Beach to Chokoloskee...8-12 ft
* From Chokoloskee to East Cape Sable...5-8 ft



SUMMARY OF 900 AM EDT...1300 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...26.1N 82.7W
ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM W OF NAPLES FLORIDA
ABOUT 70 MI...115 KM SW OF PUNTA GORDA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH...250 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...937 MB...27.67 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Beven

[AngryOldDem]

4. Really afraid for Zone 1 people who refused to evacuate.

NBC News interviewed an older couple and the woman was flat-out refusing to leave. I’ve been watching local Fort Myers news, and it had an interview with a guy who lives on the sixth floor of a beachfront condo that has no seawall. He’s staying as well.

I think we are sadly going to see the consequences of all the development right on beaches that has occurred in Florida over the years. The condo man did raise a good point, though — the condo association has been trying for a long time to get the seawall built, but it’s been put off mainly because of environmental concerns. Work was to have started — finally — on Nov. 1. He was frustrated, to say the least, and I don’t blame him.

I’ve been to Sanibel, and I am sick at what might be left of it after today.

Thoughts are with all affected today.

[Lochloosa]

7. This may sound harsh, but as a life long Floridian, I don't have much sympathy for the seawall issue

Hurricanes are are part of life in Florida. IMO, there should be a setback on ANY building near the beach. The danger is well known.

Seawalls destroy the ecosystems. Beaches are going to erode and expand over time. It's just a fact of life.

As far as staying for a Cat 5. Good luck with that.