Currently a tropical storm, Ian is expected to strengthen to a Cat 2 or 3 as it passes, or hits, the Florida Keys, and a Cat 3 by time it makes landfall somewhere on the West Coast of Florida.

https://www.wesh.com/article/tropical-storm-ian-track-florida/41352046#

Best wishes/hopes/prayers to all those in Ian's path. Stay safe!

I hope you, and the residents in the possible pathway, will be safe!
Hopefully it will lose strength as it gets closer to land! Take care River and please keep us updated

Storm prediction models are now saying
Ian may reach category 4.




http://www.axios.com/2022/09/24/tropical-storm-ian-intensify-florida-cuba



I'm in the "cone".

Wow! I saw that on the news…. Sounds scary ….. hope you’ll be safe

Stay safe.

hope you are planning to evacuate somewhere safer Rock . The article I read said full force expected to hit Monday , reaching its peak during Tuesday /Wednesday . State of emergency declared for all of florida . Supermarkets are looking pretty bare .

River hope you are all sorted too . Is Mike coming to rescue you ?? Just teasing . Please stay safe xox

Thanks Dee The Keys are no longer in the cone, but will still get some of the outer effects of the storm. Unless it shifts again.

As Rock said, it's expected to increase to Cat 4 now. Hopefully the cold front they are predicting will arrive in time to lessen the strength of Ian, before it makes landfall.

At this point our Mingle family members, Rock and KitKat, are in more danger than I am. My thoughts and prayers go out to the both of them, as well as everyone else who is in Ian's direct path.

Hahaha, fortunately I don't need rescuing and am quite capable of rescuing myself if need be. But, I'm sure if he were closer and time permitted, he'd insist on being here to help.

My family and I are still going through the preparation process, regardless of Ian's predicted path. Mother Nature has a way of throwing in a curve ball, from time to time, that overrides any and all weather pattern predictions.

I saw a projected path of Ian and looks like it will go right over us here in Pa but then it will just be a tropical depression with a lot of rain. Stay safe River!

Hope everyone that gets hit by it will be well prepared and safe!!

Thanks Poetry

Ian has shifted East again, now expecting to make landfall in the Tampa Bay Area as a Cat 1 or 2 hurricane.

Three generations of my family are here,
within a 50 mile radius of Tampa.

We're all far enough inland to be safe
from the storm surge. But...

I don't know if i should panic.
Or, shrug my shoulders, and hang 10.

You don't strike me as someone who would panic... So just shrug your shoulders and hang 10

Be safe, Rock! Best wishes for you and your family.

River, if you want/need a place to chill let me know.

Cat 1 or 2 when it makes landfall here?

http://youtu.be/EDb303T-B1w

Thanks Stormy, you're awesome!!!

My sister's home is pretty solid, built to withstand hurricanes. At most, the Keys are only expecting tropical storm weather and possible flooding. So I'm sure I'll be fine.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/ian-now-a-major-hurricane-set-to-strengthen-into-cat-4-storm-in-gulf/1252603


In the immortal words of Fry,
from Futurama...

"We're boned."

Stay safe, River, Rock and KitKat! Please keep us updated on how you're all faring.

Cat 3 going into Cuba, where they often lose momentum nearing land, fingers crossed for you folks.