Tampa mayor: ‘We’re about to get punched in the face’

TAMPA — As anxious Florida residents watched weather forecasts this week, it seemed clear Hurricane Irma was on track to strike Miami, Fort Lauderdale and other Atlantic coast cities, prompting a massive evacuation. But on Saturday, all that changed when Irma’s course shifted. By Sunday morning, the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, once thought to be relatively safe from harm, suddenly found itself in the storm’s crosshairs. “We know that we are ground zero for Hurricane Irma,&