Tampa Bay Area Reports

[MW98GT]

Just received some very short lived gusts to near hurricane force.

[yoda]

:-) The boat has a capacity of 9

How are you going to choose who to rescue besides Johnathan?

[Nana47]

Riverview here. Not far from Lithia. We've been having high winds and lots of rain. The main storm is just moving in on us. Our neighbor lost his carport, but other than that doing ok. Power still on, thank goodness. Not sure how long that will last.

[Rainband]

:-) The boat has a capacity of 9

[gulfcoaster53]

Lost power here @9:15. On laptop battery w/T Mobile air card. Ain't technology great?? Winds wnw around 50, gusts to 74. Pressure 29.18 still dropping rapidly. Will update as I can. Good luck in TPA St Pete!!

[stormie]

Reporting from Northdale area in Tampa (northern edge of Carrolwood) - winds and rain now seem similar to what we saw at the height of Frances. We're expecting conditions to worsen into the late morning/early afternoon. So happy to still have power, water, phone, internet & direct tv!

[Possum Trot]

Thanks to those of you who have posted reports! I used to live in Madeira Beach and I have friends in the Tampa Bay area so I'm interested in what's happening. Your reports suggest conditions are not as bad as WTSP Channel 10 had led me to believe. However, losing a carport is unfortunate. I hope it doesn't get worse than that. Be safe everyone.

I didn't really find the boat sub-thread all that relevant.

[Cookiely]

Thanks to those of you who have posted reports! I used to live in Madeira Beach and I have friends in the Tampa Bay area so I'm interested in what's happening. Your reports suggest conditions are not as bad as WTSP Channel 10 had led me to believe. However, losing a carport is unfortunate. I hope it doesn't get worse than that. Be safe everyone.

I didn't really find the boat sub-thread all that relevant.

I don't think we have recieved the strongest winds as yet. Some of the gusts are much stronger than what we recieved during Frances.

[Deana Cuevas]

Northdale - things not so bad now. They say we are to expect the hurricane force winds within a couple hours. Some high wind gust but for now we have power, phone, cable so I guess you can say we are blessed for now. Stay safe!

[NateFLA]

It's gusty here, rain has been falling upwards at times. Nothing to horrible though, altough we do have a silver palm that is about to fall in the backyard.

[Lebowsky]

I'm in the Feathersound area, amazed to still have power. So far it has been like Frances, except drier.

[gtalum]

Here in Sarasota, very near the Sarasota/Bradenton airport, it's windy but so far we're faring well. The power keeps bumping off or a second at a time but so far it keeps coming back on. I'd say sustained winds around 30-40 and gusts to 60, that's what they're saying on tv anyway. I think I lost the chimney pipe to my gas furnace and water heater from the roof. I guess I'll find out later. If that's the only damage I'll be quite happy though.

[Nimbus]

Frances took down a lot of the dead wood so maybe the west Tampa bay area will fare better as far as power outages. Winds in Pinellas county are over 40 mph sustained with gusts to 60 but it does look like we will be on the weak side of the eye circulation.

[gulfcoaster53]

Latest from Longboat Key site:

55 mph sustained from about 280 degrees
gust to 74 is still highest recorded

pressure has been steady aroung 29.19 for about 1 1/2 hours

steady moderate raLooks like another 4in

Ugly, and again far worse than we saw from Frances. Power has been out at my location since about 9:15 this morning.

Glad to see she seems to have reached and passed her closest approach judging by pressure and backing winds. Lots of debris in the yards and a ton junk flying around. But can't see any structural damage so far. Looks like another 4-5 hours at least judging by the radar.

[ay]

South tampa checking in. Some strong gusts and rain, but it hasn't been terrible yet. I'm guessing the next 3 hrs will change that. 2 flickers, but power still on. Knock wood.

The cable modem went out very early, so I'm down to dial up. DTV has stayed strong again, which has kept the information flow going from Channel 28. Denis and crew are still doing a great job without the hype.

To summarize:
This summer has sucked
Cable company sucks
But really, it could be much worse.

GO CANES. The only hurricanes that I like BTW.

[Lebowsky]

Just heard on NBC that only 18,000 have lost power in Pinellas county. I am much happier in this storm than I was during Frances, having power makes all the difference. Being able to communicate with people is wonderful.

[mf_dolphin]

Here in south Pinellas we're getting very gusty winds and intermittent rain. Power is still on and all my tress still in the ground where they belong. Hope it stays that way

[Lebowsky]

I've got some beers I'm keeping cold for once the eye passes us by. Knock on wood, I think this storm is going to be less bad than Frances was.

[Possum Trot]

Keep posting reports please. I like reading these. Thanks and keep safe.

[Nimbus]

Judging from the Longboat Key observations the beaches are probably getting some higher NW winds off the water. The gusts with Jeanne are definately stronger than they were with Frances. The Florida power crews did a great job beefing up the grid after Frances but they are so overworked. If the power does go down it will take a while to restore.