On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 3:36:26 PM UTC-5, 26C.Z968 wrote:
> Hurricane Ian is now expected to drift into the
> states SW coast as a cat-4 or high cat-3 storm.
> It's forward motion is expected to slow a bit
> about that time - prolonging the storm effects,
> shaking things apart, heavy storm surge and
> rain.
>
> GoogleEarth it - the west coast of Florida is
> essentially a single megaopolis 150 miles long.
> It is PACKED - tight subdivisions, zillions of
> mobile-home parks, masses of waterfront condos.
>
> The Ft.Myers/Tampa area is very succeptable to
> storm surge - and that's expected to amount
> to 6-12 FEET above existing ground level. Tampa
> bay opens to the south, meaning the wind will
> funnel a big surge straight in.
>
> News shows highways seriously packed ... indeed
> at this point they should close the westbound
> interstates and have 8 lanes all heading towards
> the Orlando area.
>
> But despite all the hotels in Orlando, there may
> not be ROOM for all the people evacuating. As
> per the demographics, a lot of those will be
> rather OLD people too requiring extra care.
>
> Final insult, the storm is projected to move from
> the coast kinda up through the middle of the state,
> roughly following I-4. That means it will FOLLOW
> all those people to Orlando, even Daytona. It
> actually makes more sense to head for West Palm
> and points south - but there aren't too many good
> roads that cross the state east-west and as the
> rainfall increases and crap starts falling from
> the trees ... do you REALLY wanna be on a 2-lane
> with no shoulder out in the swamp/ranch country ???
>
> Rt 60 can take everyone from Tampa across to the
> N-S Fla Turnpike and I-95 on the east coast, but
> even that road has 2-lane sections and bits that
> are barely above swamp level on a good day.
>
> It's a problem.
>
> Florida DOES have the money to cope and the gov
> activated the Guard the minute the track showed
> Florida in The Cone. Supplies are pre-positioned.
> It's about as much as anybody can hope for, but
> it's STILL gonna be a huge mess.
>
> But - if 50-75 miles of megacity go under water ...
> then where will the evacuees GO afterwards ? They
> won't be able to live in what's left of their
> homes ... and the mobile homes will be washing
> down the rivers.
>
> Yea, yea ... you live on the 5th floor of a big
> condo - water can't get to YOU - so BIG PARTY !
> Do bear in mind a lot of those condos were built
> at the same time, probably by the same people,
> as the one near Miami that collapsed a couple
> of years ago ......
>
> ONE bit of luck - it's an ELECTION YEAR. Every
> local/state/federal pol is gonna LEAP at the
> chance to play Savior.

May widespread flooding unleash a torrent of hungry alligators to feed on the state's MAGA population.

J Young
jdyo...@ymail.com
https://www.facebook.com/jon.young.10420

Hurricane Ian is now expected to drift into the
states SW coast as a cat-4 or high cat-3 storm.
It's forward motion is expected to slow a bit
about that time - prolonging the storm effects,
shaking things apart, heavy storm surge and
rain.

GoogleEarth it - the west coast of Florida is
essentially a single megaopolis 150 miles long.
It is PACKED - tight subdivisions, zillions of
mobile-home parks, masses of waterfront condos.

The Ft.Myers/Tampa area is very succeptable to
storm surge - and that's expected to amount
to 6-12 FEET above existing ground level. Tampa
bay opens to the south, meaning the wind will
funnel a big surge straight in.

News shows highways seriously packed ... indeed
at this point they should close the westbound
interstates and have 8 lanes all heading towards
the Orlando area.

But despite all the hotels in Orlando, there may
not be ROOM for all the people evacuating. As
per the demographics, a lot of those will be
rather OLD people too requiring extra care.

Final insult, the storm is projected to move from
the coast kinda up through the middle of the state,
roughly following I-4. That means it will FOLLOW
all those people to Orlando, even Daytona. It
actually makes more sense to head for West Palm
and points south - but there aren't too many good
roads that cross the state east-west and as the
rainfall increases and crap starts falling from
the trees ... do you REALLY wanna be on a 2-lane
with no shoulder out in the swamp/ranch country ???

Rt 60 can take everyone from Tampa across to the
N-S Fla Turnpike and I-95 on the east coast, but
even that road has 2-lane sections and bits that
are barely above swamp level on a good day.

It's a problem.

Florida DOES have the money to cope and the gov
activated the Guard the minute the track showed
Florida in The Cone. Supplies are pre-positioned.
It's about as much as anybody can hope for, but
it's STILL gonna be a huge mess.

But - if 50-75 miles of megacity go under water ...
then where will the evacuees GO afterwards ? They
won't be able to live in what's left of their
homes ... and the mobile homes will be washing
down the rivers.

Yea, yea ... you live on the 5th floor of a big
condo - water can't get to YOU - so BIG PARTY !
Do bear in mind a lot of those condos were built
at the same time, probably by the same people,
as the one near Miami that collapsed a couple
of years ago ......

ONE bit of luck - it's an ELECTION YEAR. Every
local/state/federal pol is gonna LEAP at the
chance to play Savior.