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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 07:12 AM Sep 2022

Anyone live in Sarasota, Lido Key?

Assume already evacuated?

We have time share there and pool cam hasn't shown any people for days. But so curious to see all the chairs left out.




Hoping all people stay safe. There is water everywhere you look on Suncoast!

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mitch96

(14,627 posts)
5. I remember peeps doing that when I lived in Ft Lauderdale. Last min fix for not bringing in
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:02 AM
Sep 2022

the furniture. I'm up the road in the Clearwater area and
we "battend down the hatches" at the pool.
I like Florida (not the politics) but I really hate these swerly blowy things. Been thru too many misses and it looks like we are gonna get hit on the nose with this one.
The old adage, "Run from the water, hide from the wind" works for me!
I have friends in Sarasota/Vamo aera and they are real close to the shore.. not good. They are expecting some water intrusion and water damage.
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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
7. Feel sorry for residents. The whole thing has shifted south
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 09:12 AM
Sep 2022

Expect Venice as landfall. But now east coast in danger too ( where people went) yikes. Turn the car around ! Lol

Just heard DeSantis tell everyone not to drive north. He's still a major a-hole but he does seem to have a couple genes FG doesn't have.

How close are you to the shore?

mitch96

(14,627 posts)
10. "How close are you to the shore? " I'm about 2.5 miles as the crow flies. The important thing
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 11:58 AM
Sep 2022

is that I'm 60 feet above see level.. When I lived in So Fla I was 6 miles from the shore but only 9 feet above sea level.
I have a friend who is living in a "trailer" oops I mean "manufactured housing" complex in Venice. It's Huge and she has a creek/bayou/big stream in her back yard.
She is 87 and sharp as a tack. Lucky her daughter lives up this way in Clearwater so she is coming up here.
11am NHC update says Sarasota and south are gonna get it. I'll wait for tomorrows update as it gets closer. The weather gods are a fickle bunch and it might take a jog north or south.
But it's a comin'
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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
11. Oh no... Your friend is driving north! DeSantis said
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 12:37 PM
Sep 2022

Not to. Lol. Well glad for that for sure! I think there's lots of those old fashioned trailer parks down there. The cool ones you see in old movies porches and flowers and plants.

Glad you're 60' above sea level now!!

Beach cam ft Myers



Sancho

(9,100 posts)
17. Yep. Put stuff in the pool
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 07:57 AM
Sep 2022

...keeps it from blowing around.

We’ve learned over the years:

It’s much better to be on the North side of the storm.

Put all the loose stuff somewhere.

Leave early.

When the power is out, it’s almost impossible to stay more than a day.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,263 posts)
4. When I went to Sarasota on business in the 90's, we'd stay at the Holiday Inn on Lido Beach.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 07:56 AM
Sep 2022

I loved to travel there in January, February. My boss lived in Sarasota and he'd have his team down for a week, every winter.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
6. Oh wow!!! Small world!! We used to go there for all
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 09:06 AM
Sep 2022

You could eat crab legs! Lol. Pretty hotel. Been going to limetree in October for 37 years.

Gore1FL

(21,843 posts)
8. We vacationed there when I was a kid.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 09:28 AM
Sep 2022

There was a 25-year gap nd I vistited again in 1998. It looks like another 25 will pass before I return again. Beautiful place.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
9. It's a stunningly beautiful part of country to me. Maybe you
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 09:51 AM
Sep 2022

Can get back to Suncoast sooner

Bean Point - Anna Maria Island

Sancho

(9,100 posts)
13. I'm from Clearwater...I left yesterday...
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:04 PM
Sep 2022

...there's lots of new people and construction on the water. I suspect that there will be lots of insurance claims.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
14. Agree! Are they still saying landfall in Venice? What
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:18 PM
Sep 2022

direction did you evacuate to from Clearwater?

Sancho

(9,100 posts)
15. Yes..still saying landfall south of Tampa Bay...
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:34 PM
Sep 2022

...we originally had a reservation in Orlando, but decided to head North to Georgia. Left the boat and house as best we could, but the people and pets are safe.

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