Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN

I'm the big bridge that takes I-275 from Palmetto to St. Pete. I don't like talking about what happened to my father. This is not endorsed by FDOT. GO BUCS!

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Other important things:

1.if you’re going near a mall, prepare for delays. It’s Florida, we still mall.

2. People are more tired than usual. this means more low speed silly accidents. You have insurance. Don’t flip out.

3. SunPass makes life easier. No really.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Hi Florida.

It’s that time of year. Snowbirds, tourists, and people visiting family who don’t know Florida.

Please be Floridian on the roads. Show kindness, remember that rental car is probably lost, and…listen snowbirds pay sales tax. Keeps it cheaper for us all year types.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

So are the Bucs good or…

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That’s TRUSTING waze or apple/Google maps. Bridge to text got messed up by this iOS update, man.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Remember that conditions are still extremely fluid if you venture out anywhere near the affected areas. 511 before you go to be sure you don’t have detours.

Be careful about twisting waze or maps. If you see Highway info flashing pause Tom Cochrane and tune in: it is important!

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Keep an eye out for price gouging. Check on your neighbors.

Remember that a generator is for outside and 20 feet from your house; elevated if you can and yeah Florida man NEVER IN WATER.

Keep your patience up. It’s a new week; we’re gonna be out of the national spotlight.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Hi. How we doing?

Tom, gonna need to have a talk about last night.

I hear more of Charlotte and Lee Counties and the messy parts of Sarasota are on the mend.

So. There’s still a load of traffic lights out. A friendly reminder: that means FOUR WAY STOP in Florida.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Oh and old hand hurricane advice: the radio is your best friend right now. Mostly powering through all relevant info in Spanish and English in 30-60 minutes. Good use of data transfer.

Right now…chill, gather data, chill with a beverage of your choice.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

County Sheriff can do checks but don’t ask for checks on people who were like way inland and are just in a no power area as yet. Better or worse they know on the ground realities.

Thank you again to FDOT for absolutely rolling the second Ian left town. You’re heroes.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Okay. We’re in that bad place where a lack of power messes up communication and then sort the rest of it.

Right now, stick to your trusted sources. Show extra kindness to firefighters/EMTs and linemen, remember they’re extra busy.

Don’t spread scuttlebutt. It’s bad but…

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

…the situation is highly fluid and false info is dangerous in a vacuum.

The person who types for this somehow has everyone fine. Some of whom evacuated for the first time this storm.

Florida…we can do this, but right now listen to emergency management. You made it.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Be patient. Be prudent with water, whether or not you’re under restrictions

Don’t panic. Don’t jump to the worst conclusions as yet without evidence. More people are okay than your relatives on Long Island think.

Be kind. It’s free and how we get through this.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

If you see a line going into water: assume that water is electrified. Don’t touch it.

If you see standing water: don’t go over your car’s intake.

In both caes right now you know what? Don’t do it. Turn around.

Govt FDOT and linemen a ton of space. These are the cavalry.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

Hey Florida.

It’s…not great. I’m here. Anyone seen if the I-4 Eyesore made it? We believe…

Uh anyways. SERT has your back. Stay off the roads to the best of your ability. Don’t touch power lines. All lines are live until you are explicitly told otherwise.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

@FL_Chelle I mean, it is Florida. We’re a little off.

It is also Florida. We know better.

That said…now that it’s gone, everyone’s checking the FP+L webpage to see if (insert your liquor store name here) has electricity.

Greatest place on earth.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

One more thing:

The eye of the storm is brief respite. Don’t mess around with it too much or too long, as the strongest winds return.

You don’t have time to go to the store.

Please don’t do that. They’re closed anyways.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

@MaryMercurio1 Ow ow ow ow ow ow.

FDOT is out checking me over good. Ow.

However, I remain. FDOT is rolling all over the state and assists are streaming in.

Why don’t they have Hurricane cake for bridges?

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

If you’re not a professional assume any line down is hot and assume any line going into water is hot. There’s a ton of linemen who can handle that safely ready to go.

Don’t run your AC on full blast on the generator. Stick to needs.

You are better at this than you think.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

So…

If you have a generator be sure it’s outside and raised.

If you’re cooking with gas and hand lighting it remember the 3 second 3 minute rule. If it doesn’t light in 3 seconds turn it off wait 3 minutes.

Keep screen brightness down if you’re on batteries.

[Sunshine Skyway sez GET LOST IAN @SkywayBridgeFL]

OW.

Stay safe and hunker down everyone. Bridges (other than me) are replaceable. Roads (other than Ulmerton) are replaceable.

You and yours are not.

Floridians help each other. We keep each other safe. And after this I hear the chicken finger sub is on sale in 2 weeks…

[Jon Sasser @jsasser42]

This is wild. This is the exact spot on Tampa's Skyway Bridge before the hurricane and during. Scary stuff. #HurricaneIan @TB_Times @NWSTampaBay @SkywayBridgeFL