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If this path actually holds, the Tampa area will be screwed by the rain and storm surge. They have mild flooding issues after a slightly longer than normal afternoon storm, let alone something like Irma. As far as I'm concerned she can hold steady on her westward course, and just somehow fall apart in the Gulf. There would be a lot of pissed off Floridians, but better pissed off than sad and homeless.
 
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LostLassie said:
Hey, where is she exactly? There's a big shift upward in the storm surge forecast for the Tampa area.
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They're downtown near the airport. Almost into the South Tampa peninsula where they're surrounded by Old Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay. They're inland enough to be protected from the surge, but they're at sea level, if not in a concrete basin, so I would be shocked if they're not flooded.

They are in 'Zone 1' and given the mandatory evac order last night. They're finally in the car and on their way to Ohio for the week. They got on the road about 5 or 6 hours ago.
 
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Dryden said:
They're downtown near the airport. Almost into the South Tampa peninsula where they're surrounded by Old Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay. They're inland enough to be protected from the surge, but they're at sea level, if not in a concrete basin, so I would be shocked if they're not flooded.

They are in 'Zone 1' and given the mandatory evac order last night. They're finally in the car and on their way to Ohio for the week. They got on the road about 5 or 6 hours ago.
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That's good to hear. They got on the road at a good time, as the roads were almost completely clear around 6 this morning all the way to ATL when I looked (was still considering heading for ATL, but definitely not at this point).
 
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Dryden said:
They're downtown near the airport. Almost into the South Tampa peninsula where they're surrounded by Old Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay. They're inland enough to be protected from the surge, but they're at sea level, if not in a concrete basin, so I would be shocked if they're not flooded.

They are in 'Zone 1' and given the mandatory evac order last night. They're finally in the car and on their way to Ohio for the week. They got on the road about 5 or 6 hours ago.
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Glad to hear it. Just too much uncertainty around this one to mess around with it. Hope she has a safe trip.
 
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LostLassie said:
Still not as stressful as planning a long-distance funeral.
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I dunno.
 
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Fucking hell. Our craptastic AC that our property manager refuses to properly have fixed (despite trying to sell the place) is crapping out, so we'll be uncomfortable well before we lose power. Hopefully with the temps dropping so much when the storm gets here the house will cool off as well.

Stupid fucking storm.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
while new yorkers and new jerseyans dominate the gulf side, midwesterners unfortunately flood the gulf side. no pun intended. lots and lots of buckeyes down that way. if i remember correctly, the new york times combed facebook pages to determine college football fandom by county. for any county below orlando, the only non-florida football program found among the top 3 was ohio state. the buckeyes are especially strong along the coast from clearwater to naples.
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Yup - 2/3rds of my wife's family is in the Tampa/Clearwater/Tarpon Springs area. They're all inbound to Columbus right now.
 
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