Hurricane Irma

[MySmallWorldof4]

Good evening everybody!

I want to reach out to my fellow WDWMagiceers/Magicians/"Disnerds"/"DisAddicts", etc and wish them the very best as they deal with Hurricane IRMA. I've mentioned time and time again that I'm in Fort Myers, Fl which is pretty much in the crosshairs of IRMA. I hope if you're north of Fort Myers that you are rushing preparations to completion. IRMA has weakened to a Cat 3 storm as she's been spending a lot of time over Cuba today. But, the weakening should be short lived as she crosses the Florida Straits and skirts up the Florida west coast. Right now, I'm hunkered down in Naples with my wife, my kids, and my mother. We just had a feeder band come through with some heavy rain and gusty winds up to 45 mph. The main storm system is still south of us near Key West. We are, like the rest of you, preparing for the worse, but hoping for the best. Hope to see everyone come out the other side of thing like rock stars! Be safe everyone!

-Jason

Hope you and your family will be safe and are on as high a ground as you can be. They are predicting up to 8 feet of storm surge in Naples.

 

[wdwjmp239]

Hope you and your family will be safe and are on as high a ground as you can be. They are predicting up to 8 feet of storm surge in Naples.

We're in North Naples - inland - closer to I-75. A lot of that storm surge is for our coastal communities (Naples Park, Parkshore, Moorings Park, Pelican Bay, etc..etc..).

 

[John park hopper]

I would hope so.

Under the circunstances you would think they would give their guests a break

 

[Bayoubengal88]

My concern is how the moderate resort guests and value guests to the food options and the front desk as the rooms open to the outside and sometimes are far away from the main building

sorry i misunderstood. cant answer that for you.

 

[JohnD]

Of less importance the Miami-FSU game has been moved to October 7 because of Hurricane Irma.

 

[5thGenTexan]

someone stopped and persuaded the homeless sleeping guy to get up and they walked away

 

[csmat99]

Actually he has moved and sat up few times. The shocking thing is how many people walk right by and don't make eye contact.

Update a good guy helped homeless guy.

 

[muddyrivers]

someone stopped and persuaded the homeless sleeping guy to get up and they walked away

Update a good guy helped homeless guy.

The guy was storm chaser Reed Timmer: https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/906679350581501955

 

[21stamps]

Update a good guy helped homeless guy.

Thank God! Did he leave with him?

 

[csmat99]

Thank God! Did he leave with him?

Yes. Check post right before yours from Muddy. Has link to story. The guy who helped was storm chaser.

 

[21stamps]

Yes. Check post right before yours from Muddy. Has link to story. The guy who helped was storm chaser.

Thanks. Social media at it's best!

 

[disney4life2008]

My concern is how the moderate resort guests and value guests to the food options and the front desk as the rooms open to the outside and sometimes are far away from the main building

Hurricane won't arrive here until Sunday night

 

[disney4life2008]

5pm Sunday will hit Disney World according to the news 6.

7am raining
Afternoon showers
5pm or 6pm tropical storm winds and rain.
11pm hurricane winds
2am worst of it
6am drop of wind speeds
All day Monday decrease in bad weather

 

[Bolt]

5pm Sunday will hit Disney World according to the news 6.

7am raining
Afternoon showers
5pm or 6pm tropical storm winds and rain.
11pm hurricane winds
2am worst of it
6am drop of wind speeds
All day Monday decrease in bad weather

Take some NyQuil around 9pm and sleep through it all!

 

[TalkingHead]

5pm Sunday will hit Disney World according to the news 6.

7am raining
Afternoon showers
5pm or 6pm tropical storm winds and rain.
11pm hurricane winds
2am worst of it
6am drop of wind speeds
All day Monday decrease in bad weather

And there are some forecasts saying that Lake County will have 100 mph sustained winds. *Bleep* if that's true.

 

[21stamps]

Looks like the lights went out on the southernmost point cam.
So much water coming in.

Has anyone heard or seen news/feeds on the other Keys?

Just turned on TWC. Storm surge and wind predictions for Naples are insane. Just die already Irma!!

 

[disney4life2008]

Take some NyQuil around 9pm and sleep through it all!

Lol. I was thinking the same thing. I got some nyquil too. But the storm chaser in me wants to camp out on my balcony lol

 

[cjgren]

Looks like the lights went out on the southernmost point cam.
So much water coming in.

Has anyone heard or seen news/feeds on the other Keys?

Weather Channel has been showing a cam from Duval in the Keys since I came home. It recently became hard to view anything - hazy with the rain and lights that were still on.

 

[disney4life2008]

Now that mco is closed. Are people stranded there?

They interviewed people at mco tonight. They are required to leave. Airport is shuttling people to shelters (yikes). Or local hotels but many are booked so shelters are only available.

 

[cjgren]

They interviewed people at mco tonight. They are required to leave. Airport is shuttling people to shelters (yikes). Or local hotels but many are booked so shelters are only available.

Man, that sucks. I can't imagine getting to MCO, thinking you'd make it out on that last flight and then getting stuck - possibly even without your luggage?! - and being sent to a shelter.