Hurricane Eta

In reply to Stampie (FS) :

That's an impressive storm surge 

I just got home from checking out a building I have in St Pete Bch.  This storm doesn't have the impressive wind numbers but this storm surge with high tide brought the water the closest it has been in the 20 years I've owned the building.  Another 6" and it would have made it to the slab height.  The slab is 5.5ft above sea level.

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In reply to jgrewe :

One of the good things about being inland (kinda, Riverview.)  No concerns about that at all.

Usually when a storm comes by I see all kinds of footage showing downtown Tampa and Bayshore Blvd under water and the barrier islands don't even get water over the seawall.  This is a strange one.  Pretty much the worst case scenario for the Bay area for flooding, just glad it wasn't stronger.

The humidity outside right now is like a slap in the face. 

Everyone south still good?

I woke several times during the night unimpressed with what I heard outside.  Looking out there's wind and some rain.  I'm off to work in 10 minutes.

Stampie (FS) said:

I woke several times during the night unimpressed with what I heard outside.  Looking out there's wind and some rain.  I'm off to work in 10 minutes.

Ditto.

You know guys, this might just be the most GRM hurricane ever; if you follow its path, this thing looks like it is running the cones.

I'm in south Riverview and I didn't see a whole lot of damage. No flooding in my immediate area. The lights flickered a couple of times but I don't think I lost power.

It looks like we got pretty lucky.

For being 2020, this was a fairly wimpy storm. I half expected sharknado.