The wind picked up early in the morning. As a direct result of the increased winds, all the trees were bowing down. Peak winds of 20-30 miles per hour and gusts up to 50 miles per hour in St Lucie County inland area were reported at approximately 5:00 am, 9/29/2022
It was a mess in our back yard.
We started the cleanup of the tree branches, banana trees, cabbage tree branches and eureka branches. The branches were even on the street so, they were also picked up. Maybe we should just cut down some of the trees before the next storm.
Some of the tree branches could be chopped using a woodchipper. It will take a couple of more days to complete cleanup work
As 5:00 pm, 9/29/2022, Ian is once again a Hurricane from winding down to a tropical storm as it went over Orlando, once it crossed into the Atlantic, the winds increased to hurricane force and was focus on a different state..
After monitoring the storm for a week, Hurricane Ian finally made landfall over Sanibel Island and then Fort Myers, in SW Florida on Sep. 28, 2022, approximately 2:00 pm EST. Click the satellite image below to see animation, 24 images – 5-minute update.
9/28/2022, 2:00 pm, Hurricane Ian, a strong Category 4, almost Category 5, with around 155 mph wind speeds, moving north-northeast at 9 mph.
We have been monitoring Hurricane Ian and preparing the worst scenario to protect our property at same time since 9/21/2022. There were many so called spaghetti models presented by the news media. Major model, GFS model, Global Forecast System, was shifting to west every day for sometimes. Another computerized model, Euro Model, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast had been consistent to make landfall on the west coast of Florida.
It took days for the two models to finally agree that the where on the west coast the storm would make landfall.
EURO Model was originally 200+ miles east of the GFS Model prediction
EURO Model on BBC weather website, landfall position note this site provides time GMT
NHC is using a combination of 5-6 computer models including GFS model, Global Forecast System.
We were lucky this time. Tropical storm-force winds of 36 miles per hour and over 8 inches rain in some locations of St Lucie County reported 12:00 am, Wednesday, 9/28/2022.
