Ian has a very odd structure, when the eyewall finally reformed it got bigger but the wind field didn't expand. The system doesn't have a traditional core - instead is just one big eyewall

the center is 35-40 miles from Sanibel yet winds are only blowing in the 40-60 mph range there (for now). However just 20 miles offshore the wind is blowing 150. Ian is managing to fight off the dry air to its NW but the squeeze between the two high pressure system is has increased its rotational speed resulting in incredible Cat 4+ winds. The current environmental conditions have managed to concentrate all the energy into a narrow but very destructive ring.

My sister in law has a rental mobile home on Pine Island in St James City that I use as a fish camp during the summer, at this rate I can only assume it will be gone

nobody is there now, she lives in Davie with my brother and is safe.