OT: Hurricane Milton

[Fenway]

All we can do is watch and pray

FULL DISCLOSURE - I own property in Madeira Beach and I have insurance for wind damage but not water.

I paid off the mortgage 3 months ago after 30 years



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[Mione134]

Praying hard for it to dissipate and hopefully not be as bad as some predict.

Between Helene and now Milton, it's just hard to see.


I'll take a snowstorm any day of the week.

 

[caz16]

I have a friend who lives in Florida on the Atlantic side but his daughter lives in Sarasota. The company she works for has opened the building to employees - it is built to withstand cat 5 storms. I still don't know if I would want to stay but understand the logistics of getting out of the way are limited.

Fenway, I hope you don't get any water damage. How close to the coastline is your place?

 

[caz16]

It is sad that there is little talk about Mexico, it must be devastating and the people have so little. This meteorologist gets it, the emotion is real. This is a killer storm and global warning means more of this to come, more often.

 

[Bruinaura]

All we can do is watch and pray

FULL DISCLOSURE - I own property in Madeira Beach and I have insurance for wind damage but not water.

I paid off the mortgage 3 months ago after 30 years



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I used to live in Pinellas Park and always enjoyed going to Madeira Beach. Still have quite a few friends in the Tampa area.

I don't want this hurricane to hit anywhere, but we know that won't be the case. At least if it wobbles a little further south, it won't be as bad for a lot of people I know personally. I hope your property avoids significant damage. Do you have anyone that can check on it for you after the storm?

If it hits at a certain point south of Tampa, it could actually drain the bay significantly.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

It is sad that there is little talk about Mexico, it must be devastating and the people have so little. This meteorologist gets it, the emotion is real. This is a killer storm and global warning means more of this to come, more often.

thankfully it mostly went north of the Yucatan so it was just a glancing blow to the peninsula (the eye never came close to making landfall). Not to say it didn't do damage, they got a lot of rain and a lot of flooding, but had it made landfall at the strength it was there, it would have been devastating .

 

[Bruinaura]

Now forecast to make landfall as a category 4

 

[Ladyfan]

I hope folks are paying attention.

 

[Gee Wally]

Good Lord.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843947670714679346

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843946543969407415

 

[Raleighfern]

my mom is in Naples and my wife and her mom are currently in St Augustine. praying for all that are affected

boo Milton!

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Lived in Pasco for a long time, also Pinellas and Tampa so I know a lot of people down there. Hoping it's not too bad but looking like the TB area and St Pete are gonna get it badly.

 

[lopey]

Unless we wake up and deal with global warming these hurricanes will be stronger and stronger.

 

[caz16]

Unless we wake up and deal with global warming these hurricanes will be stronger and stronger.

I feel like it is too late.

 

[Alicat]

Mom's cousin is in Bonita Springs. From the sounds of it, she got everything taken care of but mom wasn't sure what her plans were in terms of evacuation.. She was due to have surgery this week but obviously that wasn't happening. During Ian, she was recovering from shoulder surgery. We now joke that she's not allowed any more surgeries unless it is February.

 

[lopey]

I feel like it is too late.

To many leaders ignored science and now we pay the price. Mankind is his own worst enemy

 

[Alicat]

I feel like it is too late.

I have the same fear.

I was looking at the atmospheric set up that is steering Milton and thank god for the jet stream ejecting it into the open Atlantic. The gulf stream that runs up the eastern seaboard is a balmy 85 degrees. I don't want to think about what could have happened after it crossed Florida.

 

[Ladyfan]

I feel like it is too late.

yep Al Gore was right all of those years ago.