Anybody else live in Florida and riding out hurricane Idalia?

We live in South West Florida. The storm is not supposed to come ashore anywhere near us, but we are supposed to have 2 to 4 foot storm surge and 3 inches of rain. Even though Idalia isn't supposed to make landfall until tomorrow morning the outer bands of rain started 15 minutes ago. Stay safe everyone.

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bookerdana · M

These hurricanes are tricky bastards..best of luck!

Musicman · 61-69, M

@bookerdana Thank you very much 😊

bookerdana · M

@Musicman Must be about to hit

Musicman · 61-69, M

@bookerdana I think it already has. If not then any minute now.

bookerdana · M

@Musicman batten down the hatches

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Musicman I hope you don’t lose power. Try to stay in touch with us if you are able to.

Musicman · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti Good morning ☕☕☕ We still have electricity and no flooding here. 🙂

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Musicman Are you right in the middle of it now?

Musicman · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti Oh no. We are about 215 miles south of where it made landfall. We are getting rain, thunder and lightning and wind.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Musicman that don’t sound so bad then. The sound is probably so irritating though.

Musicman · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti We had heavy rain. 40 mph winds gusting to 70 mph and four feet of storm surge. So only people and businesses right on water, mainly rivers, had anything to worry about.