Hurricane Milton is a CAT 5 and Coming for Florida
 

Don't start being shy now mods to update and links...

Blow by Blow

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d-V_YnmER0Y?si=YAaupmZWYRUGqAT8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

On the Ground


<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HbkR1n6QZDQ" title="�� Hurricane Milton Live Cams - Major Storm Surge in Florida" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

https://www.youtube.com/live/NLhxcyz...zEXFzc7SMzsByZ

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pHIpf4Lmfzo?si=CRUR8gfknJ49_0Sd" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s6jGMdWR2Ic?si=VGHnQ_nKiGP215kZ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uc_hvuO2DRg?si=-Vj2Yla4wL5yHqrk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Beware Milton.

Flying out this morning from Orlando. Definitely the calm before the storm now with perfect weather outside.

I live just outside Bradenton, I’m in a mandatory evacuation zone — Zone C, never thought it would get to the third tier. We’re leaving this morning for my sister’s home in Brunswick, GA.

Be safe all you Florida CPers.

Is this one suppose to be worse than Irene or whatever they had a couple of years ago? Have some friends in Fort Myers.

Best of luck to any of you that’ll be affected by this. Be safe

It’s nearing the actual limit of what we think Max storm power can even be produced on earth. Scary.

Damn thing is almost a giant tornado at this point.

The eye wall is basically an f3 tornado. Scary stuff

Depends on which part of Florida you’re talking about. Storms this strong don’t typically hit the Gulf coast head on. I read that this one is the fourth-strongest Gulf hurricane ever recorded as well.

Parts of the Gulf coast are still littered with debris yet-to-be-removed, just sitting in dumpsters and heaps on the sides of roads. All of that stuff will become projectiles when the storm makes landfall (probably with 100+ mph winds).

As of this morning, the track has it just south of the mouth of Tampa Bay, which is fantastic news for Tampa and st Pete. With an expected 15' surge, it would have been devastating. They'll still get a lot of wind and rain, and there will still be flooding, just not nearly as bad as it could be.
I'm about an hour north of Tampa. They're expecting 80mph winds here, and because there's still so much debris from the last storm, that is our biggest worry.

We're hoping that the low front will weaken it to a low 3 or even a cat 2 by the time it makes landfall.

I'm glad the Chiefs won last night, that may be the last good thing to happen for me for awhile.

This one is big. Small eye. Atmospheric pressure close to Katrina. 180 mph winds. I fear this thing will absolutely destroy anything in its path.

Just find a nice lake if you want to live on the water.

I feel that, but there really is nothing like the ocean.

Wave at me as you come thru Jacksonville....I am sure I will be able to pick you guys out of all the cars on the Interstate...LOL

Seriously....be safe on your travels!

I've got my floaties on once once again.

Be safe CPers. I've heard that there isn't much gas for those headed out of town, so make sure you have enough so you don't end up riding it out in a car

Your av could stay afloat

It was already sold out at a lot of gas stations yesterday. Everyone is already panicking and buying up all the water, tp, etc.

<a href="https://imgflip.com/i/9612d5"><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/9612d5.jpg" title="made at imgflip.com"/></a><div>

Be safe.. The storm surge is going to be brutal in that area..

Gas? Of course. Water? Completely understandable.

TP?

Yeah, that tp will be super helpful when all that water hits. :spock:



People do weird shit during a crisis.

Floaties come is all shapes and sizes, these will do just fine.

Whew.

Daughter made it to Tallahassee.

Took the back way and still took her eight hours for a four hour drive.

Praying her home (10 minutes inland) survives the storm.

Crazy… Apollo Beach.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apollo Beach, FL. <br><br>This is some apocalyptic sht. 👀 <a href="https://t.co/JAbkEZqdrs">pic.twitter.com/JAbkEZqdrs</a></p>&mdash; American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) <a href="https://twitter.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1843422923144470684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

God bless all of you in Florida. This is the storm we used to always fear when I lived in Clearwater.

Yeah...kind of sounds like to get any gas or significant supplies you have to be up here in the Jax area

Same. I left yesterday for Gainesville. this storm is going to be a monster and its heading straight for my house.

If there's no gas left, how the **** is anyone supposed to get out?

I have a full tank, plus 15 gal for my generator. Theres no gas to be had in our county, and people are running out on the interstates.

Hey sibkat, you be safe down there friend.

Be safe everyone!

Seems like God hates Florida.

Be safe, floridians!

My nephew and his kids are evacuating today. This thing is a beast.

https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/...9-00-58-am.png

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/...onxwaa-3bx.jpg

The science behind this one is really interesting. Hope it settles down before it makes it to land so all the stranded people aren't caught in a serious mess.

I love science. Drop some science on us.

The solution has been in front of this the whole time!

https://media1.tenor.com/m/XZLJcpTRN...bugs-bunny.gif

If we start now, Florida should be out of harm's way.

This is from the 10a update.


https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graph...e_and_wind.png


10-15 foot surge is crazy.


https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graph...peak_surge.png

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Tampa area is facing a potential 15-foot storm surge with Hurricane Milton. Here&#39;s video of a similar surge in Ft Myers during Hurricane Ian. <br><br>Terrifying.<a href="https://t.co/4ppSSM599q">pic.twitter.com/4ppSSM599q</a></p>&mdash; Mark Elliott (@markmobility) <a href="https://twitter.com/markmobility/status/1843447084982169690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Time lapse of what a 15' storm surge looks like.

People who know FL and hurricanes, do you think people are sheltering in that tall building in the background? Are those generally a safe place for someone who can't evacuate?

Go take a look at where Tampa's hospital is...

How many gators are going to be floating all over and in pools and other crazy places.

Caught in a flood and you gotta worry about gators too.

THAT IS ****ING CRAZY SCARY! :eek:

Only if you are located on the highest floors and are prepared to be stuck in that location with no way out for potentially several days.

Without electricity… that means no A/C.

Likely without plumbing as well.

So the answer would be to still get the hell out.

I guess the only time it makes sense is if you can't or won't evacuate for some reason, but you live in a nearby house. Taking shelter in that building could have saved your life.

It's common knowledge here that if you're under a mandatory evacuation order, and decide to stay, you're on your own. If you need help, it's not coming. People still regularly roll the dice though.

Right. But if you do stay, it's still better to be high and dry than dead. Assuming you don't die from dysentery or heat exhaustion or something after the storm.

Does a building like that just open their doors and let people come on in? I would think the people working in those buildings would have evacuated the state and left it locked up/boarded up/whatever. I guess in a dire enough circumstance people just break in and try to get to a top floor. Just not sure what that situation looks like.

We're friends with a couple who moved to Florida and just bought a house in Punta Gorda last month. Doesn't look like a very good location according to that storm surge map.

Was about to board the plane when I posted this. Now the flight has been delayed 9 hours thanks to Frontier’s nonsense. I might be riding this thing out at MCO. LMAO

Yes, if you made the decision to stay in a flood zone, I would say that building would be preferred over a single story building. That said, storm surge can take out pretty much any structure.

Helene flipped my gazebo , just finished repairing it. I put 18in anchors in the ground for my gazebo ,grill and smoker with tie straps . Time will tell ,this one looks nasty!

I have friends in the Cape Coral area. They are staying put. I hope all is ok for them, but damn, if not, its their own fault. GTFO early, or move.

Five tables of poker still open at the Tampa Hard Rock

Yeah I'd be breaking in if my life was in danger.

I'm not in a tsunami zone in LA (I'm about 100' above sea level). But I have eyed a tall building on a hill above me just in case the water is coming up fast. But then again that kind of tsunami would probably be a civilization-destroying asteroid.

I'd say 95% of people that don't evacuate is a financial reason.

In the past maybe. Today it is the idiots that think anyone not MAGA is out to get them at all costs.

BEP pretty much proved this by saying she thought they were exaggerating the potential danger of this storm.

That, and people hate going to shelters.

Well I won't dispute that we as a society have truly gotten dumber, people literally ignore facts because of beliefs, don't research anything etc etc.

The one that killed the dinosaurs was supposedly 6 miles in diameter and flash boiled everything, created 1000 MPH winds, 300 ft tall waves, and the blast of rock left orbit.

Nah.
Not disputing that financial isn't a reason though. Folks overestimate their abilities and underestimate the disasters at the doorstep. Folks are stubborn, don't want the hassle, wish to protect their property and prefer to try to ride it out.

How do you think being there is going to protect your property from a Hurricane? It's not some unruly dude throwing rocks.

Maybe protect it from theives?

This.


I'm just getting back online from Helene in North Central Florida ( just north of Gainesville ).

Seems we may be lucky on this one.

Are they going to steal the 5 ft of sand inside of it?

A cat 5 hurricane directly hitting Tampa is gonna be Katrina levels of bad.

They think men in black will come and steal their property.

Why are so many people's brains so broken?

It's projected to downgrade to a 3 before it reaches land.

I blame all the chemicals from food, plastic containers and the air we breath. All that shit messes with hormones and overall body chemistry.

I'm not sure why. It's probably just like the YMCA.

I have a nephew down there in college. They closed the campus and he GTFO.

Of course my sister in law had to melt down and shit saying flights out were $1,000. I told her to go to Atlanta and get a flight back. Magically she found a cheaper flight out of a big city and all is well with the world.

Lord help me as the wifes parents age.

It will be a Cat 3 when it makes landfall.

Wonder how they kept the 8 mm film from sticking to know that

It was already down to a 4 this morning.

That is NOT me discounting the destruction that a CAT 3/4 hurricane can & will bring.

Think it's back to a 5 now

Running out of time to do this…

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZUctLcW...pg&name=medium

Ya, looting is never a problem before & after major storms.

no worries, they have a system to keep out up to 20 feet of storm surge. its pretty amazing.

first thing I thought was, why don't more places use this system?

That is not what I meant, way to go for the spin though.