Brandon is coming up to Tampa now and the horizon is alive with either lightening flashes or the flashes of power lines going down. The roads are empty, the rain is almost horizontal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8RWiUvB1YE

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the roads are starting to become impassable, Brandon has had to turn back from a downed power line and there are hefty branches on the roads.
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(Mad to think we were doing just this over a week ago with Helene. If you fail to see the Climate Change now then you're just never going to see it)

Brandon is driving through Sarasota, which is believed to be first on the mainland to hit the eyewall.
The lights are still on and you can see how more recent buildings have been designed to deal with storm surges, the ground floor empty but for parking and sturdy columns.

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OMG, is that a roundabout I see? In Florida even!
Quite hefty debris on the road, Brandon has had to drive over the central reservation to get past it

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The roof of a Bank of America building has been torn off but sadly money is not flying out as in the Cartoons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8RWiUvB1YE

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Brandon is using his big ol' truck to push some debris off the road. I can see how you could make a video game out of this.

Most of the neighbourhoods now seem out of power, power flashes in the distance. Not a soul on the road.

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Brandon has navigated a wall of tree across the road as he enters Bradenton. Some lights are still on and another car was spotted but otherwise a ghost down. Serious debris on the roads, Brandon jokes about getting a flat in this weather

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Brandon has met some of the Sea which has escaped onto land and had to turn back.
But the seafront is still safe enough for him to park his truck on and view the raging sea.

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Brandon has met up with a fellow storm chaser who lost one of his roof top dishes to a street sign

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As the storm surge slowly makes it's way up the seafront towards Brandon, he takes a moment to thank recent Paypal donors.

"Bench in the water!"

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Being a true Millennial the biggest spike of fear I feel watching Brandon drive through the eyewall, is when his phone rings.

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But seriously though, Brandon is a madman for driving through this
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Brandon is now seeking shelter among larger vehicles. This truck park seems remarkably full of life, tiny little cars out in this weather....

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