October 2, 20223 yr I am thankful that you are OK physically. I hope and pray for your strength moving forward. Peace be with you Brother.
October 2, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, Captain F said: We are safe The most important thing by far and very glad to hear it.
October 2, 20223 yr @Captain F glad you and your family are safe. My best wishes to you for a seamless restoration. I’m sure it’s stressful. Let us know if there’s anyway we can help you.
October 2, 20223 yr Author 1 hour ago, LacesOut said: Yeah, good point, Di. Is there anything we can do for you, Captain? I don't think so, but thank you. We are staying with friends in Lakeland just waiting to see when power and water will be restored before going back. I brought supplies back to friends on Friday. It took 4rs to get there and 8hrs to get back. I75 was closed due to flooding. So, I'm just going to ride it out as long as needed here with the family.
October 2, 20223 yr 16 hours ago, Captain F said: Hey everyone. I live in the very Southwest corner of cape coral. We were in the Eastern and southern eyewall for 6 hours straight. It sounded like a freight train overhead for that entire time. Rode it out in our bathroom. I don't know how bad our house is. The storm wound down around 10pm and we were in total darkness. House generator failed as it was under water. We were able to get out of the house and area early Thursday morning and got to a friend's in lakeland. We are safe. We do not know when we can return home. The water and electric grid in our area is destroyed. I need to start making long term plans for my family. Definitely the most stressful event in my life. I'm just now able to sit down and watch TV and seeing the videos and images are gut wrenching. Places I grew up going to, fort myers beach, Sanibel, Captiva, pine island, matlache, are all gone. Seeing the images after hearing it on the radio is just unreal. I thought the radio people were hyping the damage. Then seeing it with my own eyes... I'm a grown man. I'm crying. I really don't know what else to say on that. For those saying we should have left.... 2 days before the storm, the cone, and local media were saying it was going north of Tampa. By the time the nhc cone was over us and the local news realized it was coming our way, it was too late. When I went to bed at midnight Tuesday night it was still looking to go north of us and at high cat 2 strength. NO ONE in our area thought we would be waking up to a 155mph storm coming right at us. Almost no one left. Hang in there. As someone who lived in Naples and Estero and still have friends there who are dealing with the aftermath.. as well as a Hurricane survivor myself (10 years ago in a few weeks - time flies) I can say that you and your family’s safety is paramount. Stuff can be replaced. That said - it’s a traumatic experience so be kind to yourselves and mourn what you’ve lost and lean on each other for support. You’re in our thoughts!
October 2, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, binkybink77 said: Hang in there. As someone who lived in Naples and Estero and still have friends there who are dealing with the aftermath.. as well as a Hurricane survivor myself (10 years ago in a few weeks - time flies) I can say that you and your family’s safety is paramount. Stuff can be replaced. That said - it’s a traumatic experience so be kind to yourselves and mourn what you’ve lost and lean on each other for support. You’re in our thoughts! Did the replacement couch survive the moves/consolidation once settling down with paco/forming a family, or did it not fit in with the new homes you’ve since lived in?
October 3, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, Agent23 said: Did the replacement couch survive the moves/consolidation once settling down with paco/forming a family, or did it not fit in with the new homes you’ve since lived in? If by replacement couch, you mean paco - then yes he survived
October 3, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, binkybink77 said: If by replacement couch, you mean paco - then yes he survived For some reason I feel like there being a really unique couch that was lost/ruined in the storm that you were trying to reorder a duplicate of
October 3, 20223 yr Glad that you and you're family are OK Captain F... Really sucks about your possessions but hopefully insurance and FEMA can come through to help you guys get back on your feet. Good luck man. My place is in Orlando and we got really lucky with this one. Power was out for 24hrs and the internet still hasn't come back on yet but that's no big deal. All of my pool enclosure screens blew out and about half of the back fence came down. About 3 or 4 inches (that's what she said) of water got into the garage after the retention pond in the neighborhood overflooded and some stuff needs to be thrown out but the car and my mower are ok. The water got right up to the front door but no water got into the main house thankfully. Some of the homes in my neighborhood weren't so lucky.
October 3, 20223 yr On 10/1/2022 at 10:06 PM, Captain F said: Hey everyone. I live in the very Southwest corner of cape coral. We were in the Eastern and southern eyewall for 6 hours straight. It sounded like a freight train overhead for that entire time. Rode it out in our bathroom. I don't know how bad our house is. The storm wound down around 10pm and we were in total darkness. House generator failed as it was under water. We were able to get out of the house and area early Thursday morning and got to a friend's in lakeland. We are safe. We do not know when we can return home. The water and electric grid in our area is destroyed. I need to start making long term plans for my family. Definitely the most stressful event in my life. I'm just now able to sit down and watch TV and seeing the videos and images are gut wrenching. Places I grew up going to, fort myers beach, Sanibel, Captiva, pine island, matlache, are all gone. Seeing the images after hearing it on the radio is just unreal. I thought the radio people were hyping the damage. Then seeing it with my own eyes... I'm a grown man. I'm crying. I really don't know what else to say on that. For those saying we should have left.... 2 days before the storm, the cone, and local media were saying it was going north of Tampa. By the time the nhc cone was over us and the local news realized it was coming our way, it was too late. When I went to bed at midnight Tuesday night it was still looking to go north of us and at high cat 2 strength. NO ONE in our area thought we would be waking up to a 155mph storm coming right at us. Almost no one left. glad to hear that you & your family are okay. sounds like some scary sheet.
October 4, 20223 yr Glad to hear you and the family are safe @Captain F sounds like a traumatic experience. Hoping you find a positive path forward for the family in the near future.
October 4, 20223 yr On 10/1/2022 at 9:06 PM, Captain F said: Hey everyone. I live in the very Southwest corner of cape coral. We were in the Eastern and southern eyewall for 6 hours straight. It sounded like a freight train overhead for that entire time. Rode it out in our bathroom. I don't know how bad our house is. The storm wound down around 10pm and we were in total darkness. House generator failed as it was under water. We were able to get out of the house and area early Thursday morning and got to a friend's in lakeland. We are safe. We do not know when we can return home. The water and electric grid in our area is destroyed. I need to start making long term plans for my family. Definitely the most stressful event in my life. I'm just now able to sit down and watch TV and seeing the videos and images are gut wrenching. Places I grew up going to, fort myers beach, Sanibel, Captiva, pine island, matlache, are all gone. Seeing the images after hearing it on the radio is just unreal. I thought the radio people were hyping the damage. Then seeing it with my own eyes... I'm a grown man. I'm crying. I really don't know what else to say on that. For those saying we should have left.... 2 days before the storm, the cone, and local media were saying it was going north of Tampa. By the time the nhc cone was over us and the local news realized it was coming our way, it was too late. When I went to bed at midnight Tuesday night it was still looking to go north of us and at high cat 2 strength. NO ONE in our area thought we would be waking up to a 155mph storm coming right at us. Almost no one left. That’s a pretty scary experience. So cape coral wasn’t in the evacuation zone? Seeing the pictures and videos and reading that you guys hunkered down in the bathroom is just wow Glad you and your family is safe though
October 4, 20223 yr Author 27 minutes ago, Mike030270 said: That’s a pretty scary experience. So cape coral wasn’t in the evacuation zone? Seeing the pictures and videos and reading that you guys hunkered down in the bathroom is just wow Glad you and your family is safe though They didn't issue any kind of evacuation until just under 24hrs before the storm hit. Nhc kept saying it was going north towards Tampa and the Tampa area was getting the evacuation orders. Then it changed course. I75 was completely jammed. I figured it was safer at home then stuck in traffic with a toddler and infant. Lose/Lose situation.
October 4, 20223 yr Author Surge timeline.. took these every 30 minutes. Water started about 2ft below the seawall
October 4, 20223 yr Wow @Captain F Here is the forecasted track 48 hrs. before landfall. Huge fail. This is why people evacuating from the Tampa area went south which ended up being ground zero. Then the trending started for a more rapidly intense storm and the more southward landfall. Capt is right by this time, it's too late and dangerous to evacuate. UKMET only model that had the Fort Myers area as Ian's track. There should definitely be some sort of discussion in the weather world to perhaps stop using the dang cone and use a different graphic.
October 4, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Captain F said: They didn't issue any kind of evacuation until just under 24hrs before the storm hit. Nhc kept saying it was going north towards Tampa and the Tampa area was getting the evacuation orders. Then it changed course. I75 was completely jammed. I figured it was safer at home then stuck in traffic with a toddler and infant. Lose/Lose situation. Yup, they really dropped the ball with that. And I don't think most realize how hard it is to actually evacuate. 24 hours isn't going to cut it when it was already bad conditions with gas stations/grocery stores etc fully closing 24 hours before the storm hit, if you can even find gas at that point that is.
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