Ian just shy of a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Florida

Damaging winds and rain lashed the state’s heavily populated Gulf Coast, with the Naples to Sarasota region at “highest risk” of a devastating storm surge.

The hurricane center warned of catastrophic storm surges raising the water level as much as 12 feet to 16 feet above ground level for coastal areas straddling Punta Gorda and Fort Myers, which are between Naples and Sarasota. Overnight, Hurricane Ian went through a natural cycle when it lost its old eye and formed a new eye. The timing of this is bad for the Florida coast because it means the storm got stronger and larger hours before it was set to make landfall, making it even more of a menace. Ian went from 120 mph to 155 mph in just three hours, the second round of rapid intensification in the storm’s life cycle.

There were 250,000 people in the Fort Myers/Lee County mandatory evacuation zones, and authorities worried ahead of the storm that only 10% or so would leave. Her husband insisted all would be fine. “You know, you got to go with the flow,” Glyn Williams said. "So we’re quite happy doing what we’re doing.”

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What climate change? Will say Florida until it’s totally under water. N then too they won’t accept. 😂

Did somebody say F5?

Karma for that fascist red Trump state

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