ATL: IAN - Local reports, evacuation help/news, webcams

[Betrock]

My son & hiss family live near the Tampa coast. They are evacuating to Melbourne. I was looking at the Melbourne Local NWS forecast: it says they are under a Tropical Storm warming & a Hurricane watch! I find that very surprising!

I am a long term member, but really have no clue.

Can someone please explain why Melbourne would be under such conditions?
Should my son consider elsewhere?

I would appreciate any help or insight.
Thanks!

[somethingfunny]

That really depends upon their reason for evacuating. If they're evacuating from a surge zone in Tampa to save their lives, Melbourne is a good place to go. If they're evacuating to avoid a week or more of general post-storm calamity and power outages, Melbourne is not the place to go.

[tolakram]

We'll go ahead and turn this into a local reports thread.

[tolakram]

My son & hiss family live near the Tampa coast. They are evacuating to Melbourne. I was looking at the Melbourne Local NWS forecast: it says they are under a Tropical Storm warming & a Hurricane watch! I find that very surprising!

I am a long term member, but really have no clue.

Can someone please explain why Melbourne would be under such conditions?
Should my son consider elsewhere?

I would appreciate any help or insight.
Thanks!

When Irma moved up the west coast of Florida the east coast experienced tropical storm force winds and gusts plus some storm surge.

[verruckt]

My son & hiss family live near the Tampa coast. They are evacuating to Melbourne. I was looking at the Melbourne Local NWS forecast: it says they are under a Tropical Storm warming & a Hurricane watch! I find that very surprising!

I am a long term member, but really have no clue.

Can someone please explain why Melbourne would be under such conditions?
Should my son consider elsewhere?

I would appreciate any help or insight.
Thanks!

We're not in a hurricane watch here in Melbourne... yet

It's not a bad place to evac to, but not the best place either. I fully expect to get some impact, including power outages, flooding, etc.

If I had to pick between Tampa and here right now though, I guess I would pick here.

EDIT: With Irma, we lost power for a week.

[Coolcruiseman]

We're not in a hurricane watch here in Melbourne... yet

It's not a bad place to evac to, but not the best place either. I fully expect to get some impact, including power outages, flooding, etc.

If I had to pick between Tampa and here right now though, I guess I would pick here.

EDIT: With Irma, we lost power for a week.

As someone new to the Melbourne area fully expecting to see some impacts while experiencing the family's first tropical storm.

Was that the entire Melbourne area that lost power for a week with Irma or just specific areas?

[gailwarning]

My son & hiss family live near the Tampa coast. They are evacuating to Melbourne. I was looking at the Melbourne Local NWS forecast: it says they are under a Tropical Storm warming & a Hurricane watch! I find that very surprising!

I am a long term member, but really have no clue.

Can someone please explain why Melbourne would be under such conditions?
Should my son consider elsewhere?

I would appreciate any help or insight.
Thanks!

If you go to Melbourne, stay in the Viera section if you can. It's newer and has mostly underground utilities, so power outages are less of a problem. In some Cat 1-2 storms, we didn't lose power at all. In Michael, we lost power from 1:00 AM to 7:00 AM only so it wasn't a big deal.

[eastcoastFL]

The Roosevelt Drawbridge and Hobe Sound Bascule bridges must be in locked-down position by 8 p,.m. this evening, Tuesday, September 27. Bridges will be locked north to south with the Roosevelt Drawbridge expected to close at 5:30 p.m. and the Hobe Sound Bascule bridge at 6:30 p.m.

SCHOOLS

Martin County School District has announced school closures for Wednesday and Thursday. Visit www.martinschools.org for all school-related updates.

MARTIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CLOSURES NEW!

Sailfish Sands Golf Course and all related golf facilities are closed
Seaside Café at Stuart Beach is closed
Sand Dune Café at Jensen Beach is closed
Martin County Public Transit (MARTY) services will not operate on Wednesday, September 28
EVENT CANCELLATIONS NEW!

[caneseddy]

Miami-Dade and Broward schools closing tomorrow and Thursday
Miami-Dade closing all courts, parks and libraries tomorrow
Tampa International Airport stopping operations at 5:00 pm today

[Coolcruiseman]

Hurricane Ian: BPS Announces School and District Closure
Viera, FL -- All Brevard Public Schools and District offices will be closed beginning Wednesday morning September 28th through Thursday night September 29th due to Hurricane Ian.

All school activities, events, and programs for these two days are canceled. At this time, no decision has been made regarding school on Friday, September 30th.

Updates will be posted on the district website, social media platforms and sent in email to BPS families.

Updated 9/28/22 at 9:19 am

https://www.brevardschools.org

[Iceresistance]

FL511 has a lot of good webcams along Highways and Interstates

https://fl511.com/

[FireRat]

Heard from someone I know down in Cape Coral that they were forced to evacuate this morning. The police came knocking, things are getting ugly down there. Looks like tough to get gas too, east to miamu/broward is the best bet to evacuate from down there.

[verruckt]

We're not in a hurricane watch here in Melbourne... yet

It's not a bad place to evac to, but not the best place either. I fully expect to get some impact, including power outages, flooding, etc.

If I had to pick between Tampa and here right now though, I guess I would pick here.

EDIT: With Irma, we lost power for a week.

As someone new to the Melbourne area fully expecting to see some impacts while experiencing the family's first tropical storm.

Was that the entire Melbourne area that lost power for a week with Irma or just specific areas?

It was fairly widespread. Some areas were online quicker. I work for one of the large contractors in the area and we were without power for a few days at work too.

I can't think of anyone I know that didn't lose power for some amount of time.

[tolakram]

Key West webcam: https://www.keywestharborwebcam.com/

[BobHarlem]

hurricanetrack feed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-GFiZtzDmQ

[ChrisH-UK]

Florida Traffic has 6 livestreams on youtube of traffic cams - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC7FQe ... xhGb989szw

[Betrock]

Thank you all!

[tolakram]

Live coverage:

HurricaneTrack (Mark Sudduth): https://youtu.be/NAktObdZEMg

TwisterChasrers (Jeff_Piotrowski) https://youtu.be/8CimB6apaN8

[Extratropical94]

Sanibel Island live cams: https://www.mysanibel.com/live-street-cams

Water coming in fast at Lindgren & East Gulf

[sbcc]

Charlotte Harbor: https://www.fox4now.com/weather/weather ... bor-camera

Cape Coral Chiquita Lock #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8KoHbmTdnU

Edit: collection of Punta Gorda cams on Weatherbug: https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-came ... a-fl-33982