It’s crazy to be posting about yet another hurricane. This one is coming closer to us. Evacuation orders are in place for Sanibel and Ft Myers Beach (but not where we are in Ft Myers). Kids and I are en route to Indiana. K is staying. School is canceled for the entire week. We’ve buttoned up Sanibel as best we know how. Should be less surge than Ian. Praying that’s true. It’s supposed to make landfall Wednesday morning. Praying for our friends, our home, and those who don’t have a safe place to be. This is a big one. Will keep the blog updated as best I can. And of course will respond to texts and calls as best we can.
Today is R’s 10th birthday! Text him a happy birthday message if you have a minute!
Hugs to all!
UPDATE: Evacuation mandates are in place for Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach, and now our area of Fort Myers (Flood Zones A & B...Sanibel/Ft. Myers Beach is flood zone A, our part of Ft. Myers is on the edge of A & B.) The surge projections are 6-10 feet for our county (Sanibel & Fort Myers) and 4-7 feet in Naples area. That's a lot of water. (As a point of comparison, Hurricane Ian had 15-ft surge & Hurricane Helene had about 5-1/2 feet of surge on Sanbiel.) Looks like the storm is very strong and has shifted a bit north. Looks like it's going straight through Tampa. Will know more tomorrow.
UPDATE #2: A very specific prayer request (in addition to the storm just dissipating) is that peak surge occurs at low tide. Peak surge at high tide is very bad! And pray for “dry air to erode the southern eyewall.”
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Holding hope for best case scenarios across the board.
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