The state of Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, Panthers still scheduled to play tonight

[Edgelord]

I say the same thing about a handful of other cities around the country

But on a serious note, man things sound really dire for those barrier islands. Hopefully everyone got out and at least inland.

I hate to come across as insensitive but to not evacuate from the islands shows a serious lack in judgment. IMO those islands are the worst place you want to try and ride it out.

 

[jbeck5]

They have to be called something to differentiate them. Would you prefer types of fish. Hurricane Tuna for example.

Maybe like other storms where they just go by the dates and location? I dunno. Not my suggestion.

 

[jbeck5]

Just an easier way to track them. When they say Hurricane Andrew, Charlie, Wilma etc, most people know which storms they are, as opposed to Hurricane 10-2024 or whatever.

It’s calmed some, but they water in the gulf is warm and feeds these storms this time of year.

It's more recognizeable when they're current for sure. But after a while, the name by date and location(s) makes more sense.

If I say "hurricane Fran" most people would probably not be able to picture anything. But if I said hurricane -cape verde- August 23rd, 1996.

You know the time and place.

It's like teaching our grandkids about ice storm 98 - north east of north America... Rather than calling it ice storm Steve.

Or take the may 2022 Canadian derecho. If it was just called derecho Bob...years later, people won't know when it happened or where or why it's called that.

 

[Edgelord]

Maybe like other storms where they just go by the dates and location? I dunno. Not my suggestion.

A poster mentioned it's silly to use names, so I went and looked up the reason. Turns out when you use dates people have a harder time remembering what storm, where etc. But if you use names, more details of the storm seem to stick.

 

[Fatass]

I wonder if the fans who have bought tickets get a refund for not going if the game does go?

 

[Laus723]

It's more recognizeable when they're current for sure. But after a while, the name by date and location(s) makes more sense.

If I say "hurricane Fran" most people would probably not be able to picture anything. But if I said hurricane -cape verde- August 23rd, 1996.

You know the time and place.

It's like teaching our grandkids about ice storm 98 - north east of north America... Rather than calling it ice storm Steve.

Or take the may 2022 Canadian derecho. If it was just called derecho Bob...years later, people won't know when it happened or where or why it's called that.

I have no issue knowing exactly which hurricanes Andrew, Charley, Katrina, Wilma, or Ian are. That said, if someone says “2004 hurricane season” I’ll remember the 4 hurricanes that hit basically every square mile of the state, but I don’t remember every storm’s name.

 

[account deactivated]

It's more recognizeable when they're current for sure. But after a while, the name by date and location(s) makes more sense.

That's why it is the way it is, grandpa.

 

[Alicat]

My thoughts are with all our HF members who live or have family/friends in the areas in Milton's path. I have family and friends in the area and my company has employees in the area as well. Please reach out if you need anything!! We all may be rivals but in times of crisis, we come together.

 

[Dolemite]

It blows my mind that the NHL hasn’t postponed this game. The state of Florida is not in a place to have this game when a good chunk of the state has evacuated or will get hit with storm surges.

The east coast is scheduled to be on the low end of this storm surge.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843591864546648147

 

[Rubi]

It blows my mind that the NHL hasn’t postponed this game. The state of Florida is not in a place to have this game when a good chunk of the state has evacuated or will get hit with storm surges.

The east coast is scheduled to be on the low end of this storm surge.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843591864546648147

The Panthers game was last night.

 

[Romang67]

Stay safe, Florida people.

 

[Golden_Jet]

It blows my mind that the NHL hasn’t postponed this game. The state of Florida is not in a place to have this game when a good chunk of the state has evacuated or will get hit with storm surges.

The east coast is scheduled to be on the low end of this storm surge.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843591864546648147

The game has already been played.

 

[ShootIt]

Really hope Tampa and Sarasota+ surrounding areas come out ok. South Florida should be ok for the most part. But West/Central Florida is going to get hit good today/tomorrow/

 

[floridada]

The Panthers game was last night.

I can confirm that the arena wasnt under water last night either

 

[Laus723]

We’ve been under tornado warning all morning, it hasn’t full made landfall yet.

(Tornado west of the arena in the Glades)

 

[authentic]

I wish they would stop calling hurricanes people's names. It's silly.

Who hurt you? Hurricane Jonathan?

 

[Sol]

Just carpet bomb the hurricane and problem solved

 

[Bgav]

Stay safe guys.

 

[BoltSTH]

Bolts few out yesterday for the game against the Canes on Friday. Bucs already flew to New Orleans for their Sunday game. Hoping their houses are still there when they return.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

They have to be called something to differentiate them. Would you prefer types of fish. Hurricane Tuna for example.

Isn't that Liam O'Brien's nickname?

 

[Rschmitz]

Hurricanes are deadly along the coast, not so deadly inland but they are absolutely devastating. When Ian hit us in Lakeland, roads were inaccessible for three days just clearing debris, I had no water for a week and no power for like a month. All in the Florida heat.

News stations do a horrible job of conveying the terrifying nature of wind gusts from a hurricane, they all focus on sustained winds, but the gusts are absolutely blood curdling. You can hear them from miles away, trees in the distance snapping and car alarms going off like a train in the distance as it gets closer and closer until its on top of you, and then after a minute the intensity drops considerably. This happens wave after wave until everything gets beat to hell.

This is supposed to be worse in general. Most people probably don't evacuate to save their life, they evacuate because anywhere the eye goes over will basically be a third world country for about a month.

 

[Rubi]

... climate change...
Things are going to get uglier in the coming years.

 

[Sol]

Hurricanes are deadly along the coast, not so deadly inland but they are absolutely devastating. When Ian hit us in Lakeland, roads were inaccessible for three days just clearing debris, I had no water for a week and no power for like a month. All in the Florida heat.

News stations do a horrible job of conveying the terrifying nature of wind gusts from a hurricane, they all focus on sustained winds, but the gusts are absolutely blood curdling. You can hear them from miles away, trees in the distance snapping and car alarms going off like a train in the distance as it gets closer and closer until its on top of you, and then after a minute the intensity drops considerably. This happens wave after wave until everything gets beat to hell.

This is supposed to be worse in general. Most people probably don't evacuate to save their life, they evacuate because anywhere the eye goes over will basically be a third world country for about a month.

I have zero idea about hurricane weather but I see the gusts vs sustained. Just curious, are the gusts infrequent? Or is there multiple gusts in a minute? I’m just unaware of the frequency of gusts.

 

[GindyDraws]

Maybe like other storms where they just go by the dates and location? I dunno. Not my suggestion.

... climate change...
Things are going to get uglier in the coming years.

Invest in the Midwest. Population is going to have to move somewhere.

 

[Rschmitz]

I have zero idea about hurricane weather but I see the gusts vs sustained. Just curious, are the gusts infrequent? Or is there multiple gusts in a minute? I’m just unaware of the frequency of gusts.

Just my anecdotal experience from 40 years of living in Florida, but gusts are infrequent. They increase in frequency as you get closer to the center, think shotgun pellets once fired. 100 miles away we'd get gusts about once every 10 minutes or so. Just before we encountered the center we had gusts like every 30 seconds.

By gusts I mean a sudden rapid increase in the wind, for Ian 100 miles away gusts could take it from calm to 30mph. Right before the eye hit gusts took us from 70mph sustained 100mph+ and were ripping fully grown oak trees out of the ground.