Looks like it will move fast. Right now landfall Wed afternoon and offshore around sunrise.
I hate snow, cold wind, eternal darkness, tornadoes and icy, salty roads more than I hate hurricanes.If you don’t like hurricanes, move to North Dakota.
Ironically the one part of Florida not threatened by Hurricane Milton.I read this thread title and thought that some NIMBY group was targeting Whiting Field in Milton, FL. Haha!
yea, but they tend to stay at the edges near the water hazard. work on your game, and keep it in the middle of the fairway and you have no problems with the gators.What I recall from when I lived in the Dakotas, was that salt was rarely used on the roads, as it usually was too cold for it to work. Sand at corners and intersections, typically. Usually snow-packed roads, not so much ice. And, no alligators on the golf courses, either.
All depends on the storm surge, the timing of landfall and which side of the eye you’re on.
Florida is already having a insurance crisis, this isn’t going to help.
Yeah, but at least when there's a tornado in North Dakota, the hang glider pilots aren't running around yelling, "Dirt's up!"I hate snow, cold wind, eternal darkness, tornadoes and icy, salty roads more than I hate hurricanes.
My 90-year old mother in law just moved to Lakeland like a month ago from NY. Sending prayers for everyone in the path. Seems like it strengthened unexpectedly and fast.Dotted line is current track. Blue dot is my house. I've seen a lot of hurricanes in 21 years, and the track ALWAYS changes, so we're probably safe!
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But IF that exact track happens at high tide, you will see Godzilla-level destruction. Storm winds blow CCW, so there would be a 120mph wind blowing directly into the mouth of Tampa Bay at landfall. There is nowhere for that water to go. The upper ends of the bay are shallow, which means the water will accelerate and hit with greater force as it spills into the city of Tampa. The low areas in the bay are high dollar real estate. Davis Island, Harbor Island, and South Tampa are all mega bucks. Likewise the Gulf side of St Pete.
And let's not forget MacDill AFB, home to SOCOM and CENTCOM. Most of the base is just a few feet above sea level and pool table flat. I helped evacuate the base several times in the 2000's.
Also, I'm pretty sure I will lose my plane if we get a direct hit.
Milton reached cat 5, weather service reporting estimated winds of 160 mph and gusting higher.
Without family support structure? Seems imprudent given that level of advanced age. As someone with aging parents in the Caribbean, I'm keenly aware of the ask. Hope she's being looked after. Hurricane reconstruction recovery with power loss at that age is essentially an evacuation/rescue operation from the jump. These folks are not independent enough to crawl out of a debris ridden street, let alone a flooded out one, regardless of what level of mental lucidity they purport to possess. No offense to the geriatrics on here, not trying to be gratuitously ageist.My 90-year old mother in law just moved to Lakeland like a month ago from NY. Sending prayers for everyone in the path. Seems like it strengthened unexpectedly and fast.
Milton reached cat 5, weather service reporting estimated winds of 160 mph and gusting higher.
My 90-year old mother in law just moved to Lakeland like a month ago from NY. Sending prayers for everyone in the path. Seems like it strengthened unexpectedly and fast.
I believe so, but am unsure as the discussion didn't state whether or not they were surface. They are now reporting possible wind speeds of up to 175.Surface winds?
I believe so, but am unsure as the discussion didn't state whether or not they were surface. They are now reporting possible wind speeds of up to 175.
No, is expected to weaken before landfall.It’s strengthening so quickly, will it reach 200?
No, is expected to weaken before landfall.
I have no idea. I think they were expecting it to weaken some after making landfall on Mexico today, and again as it draws closer to the FL coast due to disruptive wind shear, but weather is very unpredictable. As we all well know.It’s strengthening so quickly, will it reach 200?
I have no idea. I think they were expecting it to weaken some after making landfall on Mexico today, and again as it draws closer to the FL coast due to disruptive wind shear, but weather is very unpredictable. As we all well know.
i hope it goes well north of you, that takes it even farther from me! im just glad the harvard is still in NV and not at PGD yet.Dotted line is current track. Blue dot is my house. I've seen a lot of hurricanes in 21 years, and the track ALWAYS changes, so we're probably safe!
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But IF that exact track happens at high tide, you will see Godzilla-level destruction. Storm winds blow CCW, so there would be a 120mph wind blowing directly into the mouth of Tampa Bay at landfall. There is nowhere for that water to go. The upper ends of the bay are shallow, which means the water will accelerate and hit with greater force as it spills into the city of Tampa. The low areas in the bay are high dollar real estate. Davis Island, Harbor Island, and South Tampa are all mega bucks. Likewise the Gulf side of St Pete.
And let's not forget MacDill AFB, home to SOCOM and CENTCOM. Most of the base is just a few feet above sea level and pool table flat. I helped evacuate the base several times in the 2000's.
The size and strength of this thing, nearly the entire Florida peninsula should be evacuated.
I can imagine, only one way out of Florida. At least there is still a little time. Only problem is everyone that waits until the last minute, it will get worse.Not happening, the roads are already packed, you just can’t move millions of people around.
I can imagine, only one way out of Florida. At least there is still a little time. Only problem is everyone that waits until the last minute, it will get worse.
Wonder if anyone would take their chances and head south to Miami or the Keys to get away from this one.