Where’s Jim Cantore? Wherever he shows up in Florida, move in the opposite direction
Jim Cantore #JimCantore
The running joke among hurricane hardened Floridians is that if Jim Cantore is in the vicinity, then you probably shouldn’t be.
We’re talking about the famed Weather Channel meteorologist, who is as reliable during mean season as death and taxes.
The intrepid weatherman tweeted a somewhat cryptic update about Hurricane Ian around noon Wednesday. He shared a post of a “major surge” from a livecam company set up in Fort Myers Beach.
“This is what’s coming north!” Cantore captioned the video.
The Connecticut native, 58, is reportedly with two other reporters from the station tracking this monster. They first were in Clearwater Beach, then moved location on Tuesday to nearby Punta Gorda in Charlotte County, according to an eyewitness.
A day later, Cantore is still there, according to his employer.
His short-term plan is unclear.
A number of storm chasers have tweeted they have evacuated.
We have a feeling Cantore will hunker down for the long haul due to being a major bada—.
That said, conditions are worsening by the minute. The “extremely dangerous” eyewall of the Cat 4 is moving ashore, with a powerful wind field and storm surge, the waters of the Gulf of Mexico pushed inland.
Stay tuned to Cantore’s social media. Though we will warn you, the weather expert’s posts aren’t exactly packed with information.
In the comments section, people jokingly always tell the TV star he is not welcome.
“It’s about to go down when Jim Cantore shows up,” wrote one.
“No offense and nothing personal but…” another nervous resident wrote with a bunch of laughing emojis. “We aren’t exactly thrilled you are here.”
We sure hope this fearless soul is OK. Cantore took a good hit to the legs from a flying tree branch as seen in footage taken near Cayo Costa, where Ian made landfall earlier in the afternoon.
“Oof!” he says, inching toward the cameraman who is under some type of shelter. “You know what, I’m just going to come in here for a second.”
“Jim, you all right?” his coworker asks.
“I’m all right, I’m fine,” he says, attempting to steady himself on a “One Way” sign that is shaking wildly in the intense wind. “You just can’t stand up.”
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