Hurricane Ian: Moving Very, Very Slowly; Still Over Middle Of Florida -- September 29, 2022

Oncor, Texas: "our" utility company has pre-positioned 500 men outside of Tampa

• assuming an average of 2.5 men per truck, are we talking upwards of 200 utility trucks?

Downgraded:

• tropical storm as of 4:00 a.m. Thursday morning, September 29, 2022
• over Orlando, early Thursday morning
• won't leave Florida until at least mid-day
• won't regain hurricane status

GDP: next story to be reported. Link here. Floorida: #4.

Hurricane Ian:

• the hurricane:
• one degree of longitude: 54.6 miles.
• diameter of the eye: about 35 miles (needs to be fact-checked).
  
• Florida:
• St Petersburg, FL: 27.7676° N, 82.6403°W.
  
• Tampa, FL: 27.9506° N, 82.4572°W.
• Ft Meyers, FL: brunt of the storm? 26.6406° N, 81.8723°W.
• 9:41 a.m. CT: eye of the hurricane, per google winds -- 26.50° N, 82.55°.
• just slightly south and just off-shore from St Petersburg, FL
• St Petersburg, FL, now feeling the brunt of the storm
• 11:01 a.m. CT: eye of the hurricane, per google winds -- 26.62° N, 82.59°.
• 2:53 p.m. CT: eye of the hurricane, per google winds -- 26.71° N, 82.15°. East of St Petersburg/Tampa; slightly south "by definition" but obviously right on top of the cities. 
• 4:25 p.m. CT: eye of the hurricane, per google winds -- 26.77° N, 82.10°. 
• 4:35 a.m. CT, Thursday morning, day after landfall: 27.80° N, 81.31°.