I'll likely get 40-50 mph winds and a few inches of rain and its still stressful knowing its only a click or two south on that forecast and suddenly Milton is coming for dinner!

Hell I am on the other side, that big of a CAT 5 is no joke even after it goes across the state, not like its THAT much land.

Currently, most of the models show storm decreasing in intensity just before landfall but 5 of the 21 models show it remaining a cat 5 for the next 100+ hrs.

Got a BIL in Tampa who's been out there for many years but never took a direct hit. He's 10+ miles inland and on high ground. Says he's going to ride it out. They have an adult daughter in St Pete. She's going to her dad's house. We do St Pete every spring break. Hate to see it get torn-up.

I’m at that black scratch mark just above the hospital.😳
Main floor is up 11’ and have upstairs, was going to stay but not if it comes in this hot. We got 6’ of water from Helene but I think anything over 10 would put water in the house.

10 miles inland is plenty.
I have a place in southeast Hillsbough co that’s high and dry but I normally stay put.

It was high and dry in many parts of South Carolina..........,until it wasn't! Be careful down there!

180mph sustained, gusts over 200
Geez.

Went out and checked on my boat 35 miles inland up the Caloosahatchee in Morehaven where it’s on the hard . Only problem I have is they put some old pos Hatteras to the west of me full of junk and with all his canvas up on his flybridge. Very concerned if wind comes from the west he will tip over into my boat 8 feet away. I was able to beg the yard into putting a couple more jackstands under him. Would Suck as he is on my undamaged side and if he tipped into me my boat would be a total mess. Their showing it will be blowing from the South so we will all be stern to it so considerably less windage.

Sick of Florida Sick of these hurricanes and Sick of owning a big boat.

Yea if this hits as a cat 5 it will most likely rip across Florida and tear up the other coast.

Andrew came out thru Everglades city and Marco so limited devastation on our side after it devastated Homestead. I went out there 2 days after and the evidence of tornadoes rolling through out by Everglades city was the asphalt scars.

As intense as this one is already we may see winds that have never been recorded from a hurricane before.