Batten down the hatches, Good luck to Floridian 914 friends Options

[Qarl]

We are expecting a good blow over the next few days. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Stay safe and dry...

Protect your teener at all cost!!!!!!

[watsonrx13]

Just to let everyone know what the geographical locations are:

Pinellas County - Clearwater/St.Pete - on the gulf coast - west coast of FL
Hillsborough County - Tampa - east side of Tampa Bay, east of Pinellas County
Orange county - Orlando - 3/4 of the way across FL

BTW, I live in Plant City, 50 mi inland in Hillsborough County

They are projecting a category 3 hurricane with winds in excess of 120 mph. There is an expected wave surge of 10 - 13' on the beach and in Tampa Bay. They announced a mandatory evacuation of level A,B,C in Pinellas County for 6:00 pm tonight. This will cause about 350,000 people to leave (which they started doing when I left work today at 2:00 pm). They also just announced that they will be going door-to-door trying to get people out. Also, there is a good probability that they will shut the power off to downtown Tampa tomorrow.

The last major storm to hit Tampa/St.Pete was in 1939 and the big one was in 1905.

Hopefully everyone that is in Pinellas County and west Hillsborough County will heed the warnings and 'got the F*&*% out of town'.

BTW, this area is famous for hurricane parties, hopefully they will be celebrating on the east coast of FL.

We should be safe tonight, the storm isn't expected to land until late afternoon or early evening tomorrow.

Pics to follow.