Looking like it will hit south of SRQ. So the heavy rains will be 46.7 miles north (distance from eye to outer bands).
They dropped the storm surge to 9-13 from 10-15
Here is where we put the helmet on (Quoting Ron White (
Local channel https://www.mysuncoast.com/
Center looks to be headed to Sarasota as of now
If that is the case, Tampa will get hit with most of the rain
It's staked. Use a Dremel (or a good pocket knife) and remove the stakes. Then I would use a cut-off wheel in the Dremel and cut a slit in top to get a screw driver in to pry out
If it goes south, it will be weaker and much less storm surge.
Worst case, it hits just north of Tampa and Manatee/Sarasota gets the surge. Our barrier islands are toast. If it hits just south of Tampa, Lee/Collier counties get the surge
