OT - NO POLITICS Hurricane Milton - The roof of Tropicana Field has been destroyed

[Mione134]

Here's hoping Millie gets to be adopted by David.

 

[Fenway]

My property in Madeira Beach survived with no damage

 

[Bleached]

We are still due for the strongest winds in the next few hours. Power is out, as expected

 

[Alicat]

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A great reason to get a new stadium. Was only a matter of time before something happened to it:

We are still due for the strongest winds in the next few hours. Power is out, as expected

Stay safe!

 

[Alicat]

Who the hell thought leaving that crane up there was a great idea?!?! They should be forced to pay to fix all the damage it cased an not FEMA. Gross negligence. Thank god no one was killed.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844277083595473151

 

[Alicat]

Science continues to amaze. Well done National Hurricane Center and recon crews who risked everything to fly into the storm to get the data needed to make these forecasts.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844237417420816649

 

[Morris Wanchuk]

Who the hell thought leaving that crane up there was a great idea?!?! They should be forced to pay to fix all the damage it cased an not FEMA. Gross negligence. Thank god no one was killed.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844277083595473151

A tower crane that large takes a good 5 days to remove, including bringing in a second crane to assist. Getting the second crane was probably the issue.

 

[Ladyfan]

We are still due for the strongest winds in the next few hours. Power is out, as expected

Take care

 

[jgatie]

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Not surprising, really. I've seen sturdier roofs on the blanket forts we built as kids.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Well that was fun

 

[JAD]

Good morning .
Sun is out.
Breezy.
Little or no damage on my property.
Never lost power.
All is well.
Storm is already out in Atlantic heading east.

 

[Morris Wanchuk]

So overall is the general consensus not as bad as Ian?

 

[Bruinaura]

Not surprising, really. I've seen sturdier roofs on the blanket forts we built as kids.

I could use a good blanket fort right now

Could probably make a good one with all the moving boxes currently in my apartment

Yes I am 53 years old

 

[Alicat]

So overall is the general consensus not as bad as Ian?

Depends on where you are in the state. Sarasota/Bradenton look real bad from what I've seen so far. I would also imagine the barrier islands are obliterated. The tornadoes will likely be a large part of the post Milton conversation. You rarely see a wedge, long track tornado in a hurricane. These things look like the ones that form here in OK and the plains.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Yeeeeah a piece of roofing by my window

 

[BMC]

When the eye passed over Kennedy Space Center:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844293624932311113

 

[Troublesome 85]

The eye. No wind. No noise. All I heard were generators.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Who the hell thought leaving that crane up there was a great idea?!?! They should be forced to pay to fix all the damage it cased an not FEMA. Gross negligence. Thank god no one was killed.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844277083595473151

It's all but impossible to do given the timeline. You're looking at a week or so just to take it down, and you need to bring in another crane of equal size to help dismantle it.

 

[BMC]

Latest from the National Hurricane Center

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844388427732795410

 

[Troublesome 85]

Nadine could be right behind Milton

Helene closed the main TB restaurant for 6 weeks I can imagine thats doubled now if not closed indefinitely.

Which must be why they are rushing the marlin bar opening

 

[BMC]

In other weather news, it snowed last night in Vermont:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844392450934149292

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Science continues to amaze. Well done National Hurricane Center and recon crews who risked everything to fly into the storm to get the data needed to make these forecasts.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844237417420816649

I laugh every time someone bitches that “the weather people are always wrong”. It’s literally predicting the future. The perception that 8 inches of total snowfall instead of the 12 forecasted is “wrong” is nuts.

Great job with this hurricane and many others. Saves countless lives.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

It's all but impossible to do given the timeline. You're looking at a week or so just to take it down, and you need to bring in another crane of equal size to help dismantle it.

Good info.

I will say that I do hope the company is insured against risks like this. The idea that you are doing this kind of work during the heart of hurricane season and rely on the federal government to bail you out if there’s a direct hit doesn’t sit well with me.

Kind of sums up the Florida dilemma as a whole. We keep putting more and more stuff in the tracks of these storms and the public liability to fix what is unfortunately inevitable just keeps growing larger. Between this and the American southwest, it starts to look more and more unsustainable.

 

[Alicat]

Nadine could be right behind Milton

Helene closed the main TB restaurant for 6 weeks I can imagine thats doubled now if not closed indefinitely.

Which must be why they are rushing the marlin bar opening

Watch an actual meteorologist and not someone who thinks they are on social media.

There is no Nadine. Doesn’t exist.