Hurricane Quick Hits: Ian Made Landfall in Southwest Florida Yesterday
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida yesterday as a Category Four storm, with 150 mile-per-hour winds.
Here’s a rundown of some of the stuff we’ve seen online . . .
1. For the latest, here are the CNN, Fox News, and Weather Channel feeds.
2. Weather Channel hurricane nut Jim Cantore got hit by a flying tree branch while reporting. He also got angry at some lightning, and a guy got blown into his live shot at one point.
3. Weather reporters in baseball helmets seems to be a thing now. (Here’s one video, and another.)
4. Floridians knew the situation was serious when 21 Waffle House locations closed. Waffle House is notorious for staying open no matter what.
5. Reporters were using CONDOMS to protect the tips of their microphones.
6. The “Daily Mail” has some incredible images from the storm.
7. Video of the storm surge in Fort Myers from a camera six feet off the ground went viral. (Here’s the normal view from that camera.)
8. By around midnight last night, more than 2 MILLION people in Florida were without power. In the Fort Myers area, 96% of homes didn’t have electricity, and the city was not able to respond to all the emergency calls coming in.
The mayor said people will just have to be patient . . . he added, quote, “You know, we did evacuation orders. They chose not to follow them. This is what comes with it.”
9. The Tampa PD posted a video of a traffic light crashing to the road.
10. If you need a break from the seriousness, BoredPanda.com put together a collection of Hurricane Ian memes.
