Looks like Hurricane Milton is gonna be huge...Now a Cat 4

[Freedomisneverfree]

 

[Matted Joybeard]

 

[odanny]

It's also turning in to one of the largest, which is incredible, considering how massive Helene was.

 

[mudwhistle]

I just tried calling my old hunting buddy who lives in Clearwater, FL and found that he died June 1st, 2024!

He was damn good man. RIP

One of the guys stationed with me at 5th Grp died last month. I talked to his family at his wake.

God must be taking all of the good ones up to Heaven.

 

[Foxfyre]

Everyone can just choose to move. Simple.

It's easy to say that. Not so easy when you have a good job, good schools for your kids, a great sense of community in your neighborhood, and/or you can't replace your home without incurring a great deal of debt.

 

[Vastator]

It's an excuse for democrat murder.

Who needs an excuse? Do unto others before they do unto you...

 

[braalian]

It's easy to say that. Not so easy when you have a good job, good schools for your kids, a great sense of community in your neighborhood, and/or you can't replace your home without incurring a great deal of debt.

Ok

So since they all have at least five days warning ahead of time, seems like plenty of time to evacuate

 

[Foxfyre]

Ok

So since they all have at least five days warning ahead of time, seems like plenty of time to evacuate

Evacuation is the absolute responsible thing to do when the authorities say it is time to get out and go someplace safe. But that does not replace your business, home and other belongings you can't take with you but are destroyed by the hurricane.

 

[Faun]

Shit. My prayers to those in its path.

 

[Faun]

It's also turning in to one of the largest, which is incredible, considering how massive Helene was.

180 mph, 897 mb, 4 mile wide eye. This is a fucking beast.

 

[braalian]

Evacuation is the absolute responsible thing to do when the authorities say it is time to get out and go someplace safe. But that does not replace your business, home and other belongings you can't take with you but are destroyed by the hurricane.

Staying behind won’t save anything

You can’t “save” your house or business from a hurricane.

The only ones purposefully staying behind should be cops, firefighters, nurses, emergency crews, etc

Anyone else doing so is sort of being a selfish asshole

 

[odanny]

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Hurricane Milton explosively intensified Monday into one of the strongest hurricanes on record as it hurtled toward a highly populated stretch of Florida’s coast, where residents were still recovering from another powerful storm less than two weeks ago.

Counties that line the Gulf Coast ordered scores of people to leave in what is expected to be the largest evacuation in the state since at least Hurricane Irma in 2017. By the afternoon, highways were beginning to clog and long lines had formed at gas stations.

Forecasters warned where Milton will make landfall is uncertain, but there was increasing alarm that the storm will strike the Tampa Bay area, which has not suffered a direct hit from a major hurricane since 1921. The region is home to more than 3 million residents and is one of the most vulnerable metropolitan areas in the United States to storm surge.

Hurricane Helene came ashore 100 miles north of Tampa Bay in late September, but still brought historic storm surge to the area. Many homes were destroyed and over a dozen people died. Many were elderly residents who did not evacuate.

“We are still reeling from Helene,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said. “I’ve been here my entire life and that is the most damaging storm that I have ever experienced. And now we have Milton on the way.”

Massive piles of debris from Helene still lined streets in some hard-hit communities. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ordered landfills and waste collection sites to remain open through the night and implored local authorities to do everything in their power to clean up the trash piles before objects like stoves, broken concrete slabs and nails become projectiles during Milton.

“This is a 24/7 moment for this debris removal,” DeSantis said. “You have a storm and then have one less than two weeks later — two majors back to back — that is not something that is easy. That creates a lot of challenges. And so what we have to do is just do it round-the-clock, until it’s no longer safe to do it.”

Eric Von Stein spent days picking up the debris that Helene’s storm surge dumped into his yard — toys from his neighbor’s playroom, old furniture from another neighbor’s garage and his own spare refrigerator.On Sunday, large piles of ruined kitchen stoves, shards of wood and broken cabinets still lined many streets in Pinellas County, including his own community, Treasure Island.

Von Stein had piled up as much of the debris as he could, but some items were simply too heavy, like the concrete slabs from a neighbor’s patio.

“There’s just so much stuff,” he said. “I mean, I can’t get it out on the curb. There’s no way to physically do that.”

Milton is expected to make landfall late Wednesday as an “extremely life-threatening” major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters anticipated a potentially catastrophic ocean surge of over 10 feet in some areas, including flood-prone Tampa Bay. The storm intensified from a Category 1 to a strong Category 5 within 24 hours.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/07/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-tampa-debris/

 

[EMH]

Apparently some think man can heat up the world with CO2 emissions, but can’t increase the power of a storm.

Weird!

Of course, there isn't any real data to support the theory that increasing atmospheric Co2 causes warming, just FUDGE.

The record decade for canes is still the 1940s, second place the 1890s, and the last time a Cat 5 got as far north as Martha's Vineyard was 1938.


So anyone claiming an "increase in hurricanes" is lying...

 

[ding]

Of course, there isn't any real data to support the theory that increasing atmospheric Co2 causes warming, just FUDGE.

The record decade for canes is still the 1940s, second place the 1890s, and the last time a Cat 5 got as far north as Martha's Vineyard was 1938.


So anyone claiming an "increase in hurricanes" is lying...

Do you understand that the surface of the planet is not heated evenly?

 

[Matted Joybeard]

 

[westwall]

Do you understand that the surface of the planet is not heated evenly?

I don't think they know that

 

[ding]

I don't think they know that

I don't either. He's a moron.

 

[EMH]

180 mph, 897 mb, 4 mile wide eye. This is a fucking beast.

And we have your word on it that there are no IDF nuke subs under it with special microwave devices... right?

 

[ding]

And we have your word on it that there are no IDF nuke subs under it with special microwave devices... right?

Do you understand that the surface of the planet is not heated evenly?

 

[Matted Joybeard]

And we have your word on it that there are no IDF nuke subs under it with special microwave devices... right?

My jock is underneath it.