North of Steinhatchee is the cute little beach town of Keaton Beach. Not much of an actual town, but there are homes there. Steinhatchee was apparently in the eye, also. I know that downtown is currently flooded to the eaves of some of the businesses and it is low tide. The main part of the hurricane has moved on, thankfully. High tide this afternoon can be an issue. I know they are calling for up to a 15' storm surge.
The Weather Channel is doing a less than stellar job. They parked in Cedar Key, well south of landfall. Cedar Key had about a 6' storm surge. Now, they are following the storm north and will forget about the devastation left behind.
Pray for these small towns. Steinhatchee has some residents who barely make it. It was an old fishing village until recently.
If you are able to make a donation somewhere, that would be great.
@marlboromaam My son stayed in Tampa. It is still low tide. There is some flooding. Not sure where. Watching their news channel now. Crystal River is flooded and that is very far from the eye.
My brother is away. My SIL has been reporting to me and I have finally found some videos online. There is hardly any news coverage (except very local) of these small towns. I realize they are isolated, but I hope they get coverage outside of the local area. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=6295368453895450
@danette None of my local news sites are loading the forecasts. I've got my radio handy and I'll just watch the TV until I can't. Bath tubs are filled. Now they say we have a chance of tornados! I hate hurricane season. =( I'll be shutting down the puter and unplugging everything shortly. You stay safe and take care.
Lovely capture. Fortunately, we only had very minimal winds and not very much rain either. Haven't watched too much TV to see how the rest faired, but with that kind of surge, it had to be bad. Hope you faired ok. Just glad it's out of here now and we can get back to somewhat normal.
My brother is away. My SIL has been reporting to me and I have finally found some videos online. There is hardly any news coverage (except very local) of these small towns. I realize they are isolated, but I hope they get coverage outside of the local area. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=6295368453895450