What is clear, though, is that Ian strengthened significantly from Tuesday night into this morning, and, as DeSantis put it today, “this is going to be a nasty, nasty day - two days.” I would just say, the track may end up doing something similar. That’s not lost on DeSantis, who said at a Tuesday news conference, “I know there’s folks in Southwest Florida who remember Hurricane Charley was projected to make a direct impact into Tampa Bay, and then it turned and went into Southwest Florida. It ultimately took 15 lives and cost $16.9 billion, but it could have been a lot worse. Charley hit Florida with 150 mph gusts, but rather than collide directly with Tampa Bay, which it looked set to do, it veered off course at the last moment. Hurricane Ian’s path looks similar to Hurricane Charley’s in 2004 - projections suggest that the current storm will veer slightly south of Tampa. But because Sandy struck populous and densely packed New York and New Jersey, it was the third-costliest hurricane in the U.S., with about $70 billion spent on recovery.Ī damaged sign sits on the side of state road I-275. history, had a casualty count numbering between 8,000 and 12,000. That Texas hurricane, the single deadliest in U.S. Hurricane or “Superstorm” Sandy killed 72 people in 2012 - a death toll that paled next to Katrina, which took over 1,800 lives, and the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The fourth-deadliest, Katrina, was only a Category 3 storm by the time it hit Louisiana in August 2005, but it collided head-on with a populous city that was ill-prepared. history all occurred before 1930, and before modern weather radar was able to better predict a storm’s trajectory. But hurricanes with the fastest winds are rarely the deadliest or the most costly - it’s more about what Ian hits and how preparation, rescue and rebuilding efforts go. Hurricane Ian has gusts of wind that have reached 155 mph for those keeping score at home, that’s about 50 percent faster than the quickest major league fastball and puts it just shy of a Category 5 storm. There are storm surges around Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Key West Tampa Bay has been spared from the worst of damage. More than 10 percent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut down. The two leaders are now tightly crossing their fingers.Īs of now, more than a million people are without power across Florida. Biden vowed to keep oil companies honest if they try to gouge Americans with the excuse of the storm. Ron DeSantis and their respective response teams are deep into preparation efforts, surging resources to the state - including 3.5 million liters of water and 1,300 Federal Response workers - and mandating that the 2.5 million Floridians within the path of the storm evacuate (or shelter in place if they were unable to leave by today). As Hurricane Ian touches down in Florida today, President Joe Biden, Gov. STORM SURGE - The two best defenses against hurricane devastation are good planning and good luck. A meteorology student measures wind gusts as Hurricane Ian approaches today in Sarasota, Florida.
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