Hurricane Milton

[bgcatty]

Unfortunately Florida, Tampa most likely, is going to take a real “death blow” hit with Milton. This on top of the mess brought by Helene.

We all better start praying that the people down there survive this devastating storm!

 

[firecadet613]

Might sound crazy, and this is just me, but if I lived in an area where flooding was common, I’d maybe, I dunno, have a **** ton of supplies and materials stockpiled to protect myself as much as possible. Again, that’s just me.

How do you prepare for a storm surge that'll reach your ceiling?

 

[littletommy]

How do you prepare for a storm surge that'll reach your ceiling?

You don’t, but if you’re waiting in line for a few sandbags, you’re already screwed.

I don’t think they’ll get much of a storm surge in Orlando, I’m assuming lakes and streams will overflow from heavy rains.

 

[littletommy]

But this is Orlando. They're far enough inland that they don't usually get the worst of it. But, yeah...

Right. They don’t get hit as hard as the coasts, but they still get some ridiculous rainfall. I’m just saying, if it was me, and I lived somewhere where an overflowing stream or lake was a threat (which there’s a million of those in Orlando) I’d have material on hand so I didn’t have to stand in line to get what I needed.

 

[bobzilla]

They were just showing people in Orlando filling sandbags. Limit of 25 forty lb. bags each. 25 sandbags aren't going to do squat unless they live in a tiny home.

Orlando isn’t exactly flood zone either

 

[thunderchicken]

My wife's parents are on the south east side of Bradenton. There's been a mandatory evacuation for anyone with a mobil home or prefab type home. Theirs doesn't fit that designation so currently they plan to ride it out and see what happens. My wife and one of her sisters are begging them to leave but they're being stubborn. They are saying that gas has become hard to find with several stations sold out, bottles water is pretty much non existent in stores too. They have to make their own decisions but I pray they come out alright.
My sister in law and her family are more inland but still in direct path in the Sebring area. They took are staying but that's in part because they both work for the local power company and he's a lineman.
Hopefully the hurricane will lose strength in the next day or so

 

[ljk]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

This sounds impressive…

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[foszoe]

Climate change at work!

 

[chef larry]

My boss is heading down to Orlando on Saturday to see the mouse for a family vacation. Should be interesting to see how it may work out for him.

 

[Mgderf]

Climate change at work!

Believe what you want...

 

[Cameramonkey]

My boss is heading down to Orlando on Saturday to see the mouse for a family vacation. Should be interesting to see how it may work out for him.

HOpe there is something left for him and his fam.

 

[nipprdog]

Climate change at work!

 

[Route 45]

 

[Route 45]

 

[BoilerWes]

I am reading by landfall it will be downgraded to a 2 or 3. Still nothing to sneeze at but the media loves to promote fear and destruction.

 

[Route 45]

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-10-07-hurricane-milton-forecast-florida-storm-surge-wind-flooding

"The forecast calls for Milton to continue to experience gradual weakening on approach to Florida because of increasing wind shear and dry air, but it should remain a major hurricane through landfall sometime later Wednesday into early Thursday.

It's important to note that this possible weakening won't reduce the impacts we see from Milton, including storm surge. Milton could also grow larger on approach to Florida, allowing its wind, storm surge and rainfall impacts to sprawl out across a bigger area."

 

[tsm]

My boss is heading down to Orlando on Saturday to see the mouse for a family vacation. Should be interesting to see how it may work out for him.

Forecast this evening has 5 to 8 inches of rain for Orlando in the next 2 or 3 days. The mouse might be more like Seaworld most of this week!