I live in downtown Clearwater Fl. I am physically safe.

[KG]

I'm high ground a bit inland, a no evac zone . those storm surge warnings are for those living low and near the water. as of 6pm still have lights, lots of wind and rain at the moment.

my concern is stuff flying around and the inconvenience of losing power. the owner of this little apt building is also here in his apt keeping an eye on things too. we may be cooking hot dogs on his grill tomorrow.

the storm dropping to a Cat 3 is headed to Sarasota, a ways the south, to arrive at 2AM .

I have a full tank of gas in my Kia. if it looks like the power is going to be out for awhile, I'm prolly going to head to Ga to my brothers crib.

Helene brushed by here a couple weeks ago. this is windy-er and rainy-er. I didn't lose power but those on the water got a lot of damage from the surge.

[Phoenix61]

1. Thank you for letting us know you are safe.

I’m in the middle of the Florida panhandle and it’s pretty darn windy. Amazing considering how far away the storm is.

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4. Stay safe

[rockbluff botanist]

6. I too live in the middle Florida panhandle and wondered the very same thing.

I stepped out to check my horses and my hat blew off and tumbled off with the wind. I'll find it tomorrow.

Its also 65 degrees. Lovely.

[Glorfindel]

2. Stay safe!

My great aunt Julia lived in Clearwater. We used to visit her every summer. Her sister, Florence, lived in Tampa. We'd split our time between them. Many happy memories of the area.

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3. Stay safe

[MLF1981]

5. Stay safe, friend.

This is one hell of a storm, I've been through a couple of hurricanes when I lived on the Gulf Coast, but nothing like this.

[Niagara]

7. Remain safe, KG!

Check in when you can.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. goodnews .

[Marthe48]

9. Thanks for the update

Glad for the update

[mitch96]

10. One of the nice things about living a bit inland on the west coast of Fla... I'm 60' above sea level. I just worry

about the wind. My snow bird friends have a place in Sarasota just off the water. Beautiful place but I guess it's gonna get trashed..
Old Florida saying... Run from the water, Hide from the wind...The worst is now power and NO AC after the storm. Yes it will eventually come back but Florida sucks with no AC..

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[XanaDUer2]

11. Good

[MissB]

12. Glad to hear

My stepmom made it through with minimal damage.