The latest local news update here is that Hurricane Ian is going to make landfall soon near Fort Myers’s. We are under tornado watch till 5 pm from Hardee, Desoto, Polk, Manatee, and Sarasota county. Wauchula is under a strong tornado watch till 1 pm.
Here in Manatee we have real high winds and rain. This morning Governor DeSantis said that the Hurricane is just shy of category 5. He said to “hunker down” if you didn’t evacuate. Wind may be as high as 102 mph and higher near the eye. We are getting whipped bad outside right now!!!!