Hi Guys, we got smacked by Ian but in an underwater way. We have flooding from SW FL to NE FL - the St Johns River runs north and enters the sea at Jacksonville, slowing the draining of a lot of acreage. We have a couple main roads that cross the St Johns Rv, SR 50 is about 12 inches from being overwhelmed. SR 46 is well flooded.
There is a park near our house and it has a dock-like walkway through it - it sits about 4-5 ft up to the floor boards. The hand rails are just barely out of the water. Incredible.
My place got about 12 inches of rain in 1 day. My Dad's got about 19 inches of rain. Winds were 40-60 for us.
My cuz is down closer to where it made landfall and they had 100-120 mph gusts. Think they lost 20 shingles. I offered to pick some up and head down (3.5-4 hr drive) to help put them on. Crickets.
Many hunting areas along the St Johns are closed due to flooding. They don't want folks driving on the saturated ground & tearing stuff up, and there may be some trees down.
As of right now, I'm not sure if my 2 quota hunts will happen - first weekend of Nov and 2nd weekend of Nov. Also haven't been able to scout - did a 4.5 mile walk the weekend before the hurricane and watched a huntable field from the road this past Saturday - saw 2 fawns and a small buck, 3 turkeys, and a caracara bird.
Still have about 3.5 weeks for the water to recede to huntable levels. I know some folks have real problems, gonna be a while before things get back to normal down there - praying that it will be sooner than later.
There is a park near our house and it has a dock-like walkway through it - it sits about 4-5 ft up to the floor boards. The hand rails are just barely out of the water. Incredible.
My place got about 12 inches of rain in 1 day. My Dad's got about 19 inches of rain. Winds were 40-60 for us.
My cuz is down closer to where it made landfall and they had 100-120 mph gusts. Think they lost 20 shingles. I offered to pick some up and head down (3.5-4 hr drive) to help put them on. Crickets.
Many hunting areas along the St Johns are closed due to flooding. They don't want folks driving on the saturated ground & tearing stuff up, and there may be some trees down.
As of right now, I'm not sure if my 2 quota hunts will happen - first weekend of Nov and 2nd weekend of Nov. Also haven't been able to scout - did a 4.5 mile walk the weekend before the hurricane and watched a huntable field from the road this past Saturday - saw 2 fawns and a small buck, 3 turkeys, and a caracara bird.
Still have about 3.5 weeks for the water to recede to huntable levels. I know some folks have real problems, gonna be a while before things get back to normal down there - praying that it will be sooner than later.
