OT: Thread About Nothing (part # who cares)

[Bleedred]

Stay safe everyone. Looks like the worst is going to be right around Tampa Bay.

Rule of thumb. Run from water and hide from wind. Stay high and dry and bunker down someplace secure

Be careful with all the tornados. A f*** ton all over Florida today

I evacuated to the Treasure Coast (east coast of the state) and my phone (which I have plugged in to keep pinned on 100% just in case the power goes out) and my phone keeps going off every half hour about a tornado warning here and the previous warning being extended.

The power already went out here for a minute, then came right back on. I went to the store earlier with my friend and his grandmother and the power went out for a minute at dollar tree. Publix here is closed, which surprised us. That’s where we were going.

Just a bunch of nasty rain here and tornado warnings. The rain has at least broken here for now. Apparently the rain won’t be that bad on the south side of this storm. It’s looking like it’s gonna come out the other side about 75 miles north of here.

 

[My3Sons]

I evacuated to the Treasure Coast (east coast of the state) and my phone (which I have plugged in to keep pinned on 100% just in case the power goes out) and my phone keeps going off every half hour about a tornado warning here and the previous warning being extended.

The power already went out here for a minute, then came right back on. I went to the store earlier with my friend and his grandmother and the power went out for a minute at dollar tree. Publix here is closed, which surprised us. That’s where we were going.

Just a bunch of nasty rain here and tornado warnings. The rain has at least broken here for now. Apparently the rain won’t be that bad on the south side of this storm. It’s looking like it’s gonna come out the other side about 75 miles north of here.

There have been several tornados today along the east coast north of forts Lauderdale to about Jupiter. One was very close to my folks in Palm Beach and that was a bit nerve wracking. Another was in Wellington where one of my youngest’s best friends has his family. Just a crazy day in an area that shoukd have been spared the extreme weather.

 

[Bleedred]

There have been several tornados today along the east coast north of forts Lauderdale to about Jupiter. One was very close to my folks in Palm Beach and that was a bit nerve wracking. Another was in Wellington where one of my youngest’s best friends has his family. Just a crazy day in an area that shoukd have been spared the extreme weather.

I’m in Stuart, not too far north of Jupiter. We took a ride over to the beach in Hobe Sound to check out the ocean. It’s a mess. That’s where we’re at right now.

It only stopped thunderstorming and tornado’ing (well, the warnings stopped) an hour ago here.

It’s not very windy here at all. It was gusty earlier when it was storming.

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844165552715014147

Be careful on the east coast for bad winds

 

[Bleedred]

I’m in Stuart, not too far north of Jupiter. We took a ride over to the beach in Hobe Sound to check out the ocean. It’s a mess. That’s where we’re at right now.

It only stopped thunderstorming and tornado’ing (well, the warnings stopped) an hour ago here.

It’s not very windy here at all. It was gusty earlier when it was storming.

And I should add to this. There's some downed trees on the US-1 from a suspected tornado earlier. We had to take a detour. The thunderstorms were pretty scary here earlier. It's fairly calm right now. I expect winds to pick up a bit, but I'm hoping we've seen the worst of the thunderstorms.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844165552715014147

Be careful on the east coast for bad winds

Fortunately where I am is well south of where that map shows. It only goes to Sebastian on the east coast. I think where I am is about 50 miles south of there? Probably 50 land miles away. Where I live is in the 100+ MPH gust zone though.

I feel pretty safe here, despite it being a mobile home.

Actually, let me rephrase that. I feel safe from the hurricane here. I don't feel too terribly safe from the tornadoes here. I'm not sure if I would even in a non-mobile structure.

But those have calmed down and from what I've heard rain and thunder won't be as prominent on the south side of this storm.

 

[Emperoreddy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844209703158677903

Roof of the Trop ripped up

 

[njdevils1982]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844209703158677903

Roof of the Trop ripped up

love the home run/foul ball rules there

Tropicana Field ground rules, explained: Why home runs count when they hit the catwalk at Rays' stadium | Sporting News

www.sportingnews.com

 

[Bleedred]

It’s f***in horrifying here. Not sure if this is just a mobile home in a storm or what, but this is scary. Power keeps flickering and it’s way gustier than I thought it would be. I can’t sleep through this.

I’m gonna guess we’ve had 60 MPH gusts already.

And then we had that tornado that was only about 2 miles from here late this afternoon.

 

[Killing Joke]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844247228074045748

Ripped a part of a crane off and knocked it into a neighboring building, St Pete Times, and it went down into the street.

Wonder how my apartment held up.

Second most tornado warning a state has ever seen in one day.

 

[My3Sons]

It seems the storm is far enough offshore that everyone should be safe now?

 

[Oneiro]

Hope you're alright, Bleed.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Hope you're safe and doing well, Bleed and Killing Joke

 

[My3Sons]

My parents narrowly missed the tornados but my youngest in Gainesville made it sound like they avoided anything scary. I'm hoping at this point we have all come out unscathed? @NjDevsRR how did your parents fare?

 

[NjDevsRR]

My parents narrowly missed the tornados but my youngest in Gainesville made it sound like they avoided anything scary. I'm hoping at this point we have all come out unscathed? @NjDevsRR how did your parents fare?

They are All good. Best case scenario occurred. Milton went south of Tampa but north enough from my parents. Plus the southern half of the storm collapsed which reduced the surge threat.

Very lucky the shear came in play in the final 12 hours before landfall