I'm in Pinellas waiting for a direct hit. Elsa thread. (The storm that aint)

I'm 9ft above sea level, my slab is at 10.5. My guess is it will be the same as ever single storm I have seen since 1990. The impacted places will be the usual suspects.

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Everyone in the comments is saying that it’s falling apart.

I’m grateful to live in this area. Everyone warned me and my wife that this happens, after 4 years here and a ton of hyped up bullshit storms I can confidently say it’s true.

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11 feet should be well safe for this storm, but that doesn't mean a 12 to 15 foot storm surge couldn't come along with a major hurricane in the next few years.

"The region's last direct hit from any hurricane was in 1946, when a Category 1 storm came up through the bay. The last time a major hurricane hit the Tampa Bay area was 1921. In that Category 3 storm, waters rose 10 feet, flooding mansions on Tampa's Bayshore Boulevard."
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I noticed that as well, a lot more people are freaking out about this one, it might be a mix between the Coronavirus for the past year, and new people moving in from other places to Florida that never had a hurricane before. Also there sure are a lot of Floridians on this forum lmao.

Watch out its secretly gaining traction its a five!!!!!!!

I looked at pictures and the tail is definitely split. I can’t say for sure but the few I’ve seen are crazy fast, they dive bomb at the speed of light lol! They are really cool to see, I just never knew they were rare or I’d have taken pictures. Looking at the images, I’m pretty sure that’s what I saw. That area around Lake Butler Sound is a beautiful habitat, we see bald eagles, hawks, recently cardinals, blue jays and woodpeckers. It’s something new everyday. Make sure to know which snakes are venomous in FL too! I don't love snakes but I leave them alone, let them do their job but you need to know the three or so that are venomous. To all the new Floridians out there, Coral (red bands touch yellow and they generally have a black head) Cottonmouths have a black ZORRO mask over their eyes, along the side. Copperheads are rare and you might see a rattlesnake here or there. Just let the black racers and rat snakes go, let them live their lives lol.

Yes, thank you. I have read that same story for the last 30 years. The usual places will experience localized flooding. You bought a home in Shore Acres, down hill from the road? Expect to be pulling your carpets tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, it will be a normal rainy night in the TB area.

We’re so lucky here on “the nature coast”. Beautiful wild life literally everywhere!!! Dangerous also but I think that’s awesome! Almost stepped on a cotton mouth when we first moved here from MN. Luckily my wife spotted it, that was when i still drank lol. I also tried to chase a 15 foot alligator in oldsmar so let’s just say I feel very lucky having sobered up .

15 foot? Dang! That’s a big boy lol! I don’t get why people are so afraid of gators, I see gators every day in my neighborhood pond, small ones but if you even try to get close they jump in the water. I do have an irrational fear of sharks though and I attribute that to my parents letting me watch Jaws when I was 8. Florida is awesome, absolutely beautiful. No place I’d rather be. Keep FL great :)

I am getting the back end of this storm now.
I can tell you the worst part about it... All the newbies will think "Oh that was nothing."

I was hoping it would be enough to scare some of these NY'ers and other Notherners out of here.

Any NY'ers reading this.... Guess what? Only other people from NY like you! Haha It's true!!!

I remember those early days in Florida.. I was fishing with a buddy in that canal that runs along side lake Seminole. We were up around 102nd Ave. (Alot has changes since then)
I was sitting on the bank and casting out into the canal when my friend walked up behind me and quietly said, "Get up. That croaking aint a Bull Frog".

Looks like it's turning northeast on the radar and it's going to come up Tampa Bay's asshole.

Great. Now I have an irrational fear of cats lol! J/K. Thanks for the laugh :)

just got to the beach a few buddies hmu and now we are about to go night surfing

Sharks sleep at night. You are good to go. Enjoy

I'm in south Pinellas county, it's not even raining

Yup! Gators mating call. If you take a high powered flashlight and go to almost any pond or lake at night, you’ll see the yellows of their eyes. Just shine it across the water for a minute and wait, you’ll never forget the sight of a gator in the water. EVERY body of water has at least one gator. They will generally leave you alone, don’t be dumb and hang around the edge of the water at dusk. Once you recognize the silhouette of a gator in the water, you never forget. Kinda like scanning the beach sand for sea glass or shark teeth....you have trained your eye for something specific.

But not during a possible hurricane. It’s science. SHARKS are about to hit u up! RIP

Clearwater again. Power blipped a couple times. I'm gonna go outside w/ a scotch and watch the rain.

Everyone stay safe. My folks are in Redington Shores.

Light rain in Dunedin, small gusts of wind, just like every other year, PATHETIC. Oh well, I’m happy about it.

ELSA HERE COMES THE ICE QUEEN 😁

ELSA HERE COMES THE ICE QUEEN

What a fucking dud!

Just enough gray drizzle to interfere with morning dog walks. So glad my only.prep was to crank down my patio umbrella

In one day, 9 tons of dead fish removed from St. Pete waters after red tide, Elsa

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