USA Florida- Hurricane Milton

[Aristotle Pickett]

Hurricane Milton live updates: millions in Florida told to evacuate as Tampa mayor warns single-story homes will turn into ‘a coffin’.

Risk-to-life warnings remain in place as Hurricane Milton downgraded to category 3 – as it happened

Heavy rains lashing Florida ahead of Milton’s expected landfall; Biden says hurricane looks like ‘storm of the century’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

 

[carltonchelsea]

Sarasota is ground zero!
Off the charts event!

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Sarasota is ground zero!
Off the charts event!

Doesn't look good at all.

 

[rank and file]

Impressive storm.
Nearing the mathematical limit apparently

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Impressive storm.
Nearing the mathematical limit apparently

Made worse by warmer climate conditions that DeSantis ignores.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Another view of the tornado.

 

[campbell]

I hope Tampa Hospital makes it ok.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I hope Tampa Hospital makes it ok.

They have already evacuated all the hospitals and nursing homes in the firing line apparantly.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

'The eye of the storm, a strong Category 4 just after sunrise, was forecast to hit somewhere near Sarasota with a devastating storm surge of up to 15 feet.'

 

[liz]

I was pretty busy in the days leading up to Helene and wasn’t paying attention to US news. I wasn’t aware of it until after it happened.

Was there this level of anticipation and preparation for Helene? Or was its intensity and spread of destruction unanticipated?

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I was pretty busy in the days leading up to Helene and wasn’t paying attention to US news. I wasn’t aware of it until after it happened.

Was there this level of anticipation and preparation for Helene? Or was its intensity and spread of destruction unanticipated?

Yes it was anticipated but some people don't listen.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

 

[campbell]

They have already evacuated all the hospitals and nursing homes in the firing line apparantly.

I heard they sent home who they could, the very sickest are on the top floors......
Gawd.

I remember years ago, being on shift, when Cairns Base was due to be a direct hit in a cyclone.
Scary stuff.....

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I heard they sent home who they could, the very sickest are on the top floors......
Gawd.

I remember years ago, being on shift, when Cairns Base was due to be a direct hit in a cyclone.
Scary stuff.....

That would have been that f*cker Yasi in 2011. I'd forgotten just how big that storm was!

SOURCE: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4612148/Cyclone-Yasi-Storm-hits-Queensland

 

[campbell]

That would have been that f*cker Yasi in 2011. I'd forgotten just how big that storm was!

SOURCE: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4612148/Cyclone-Yasi-Storm-hits-Queensland

took out Dunk Island, never to return, still in ruins. So sad.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

took out Dunk Island, never to return, still in ruins. So sad.

There was a lot of damage, but amazingly no deaths at all, and the storm was almost the entire length and width of Queensland!

 

[Nikita Blue]

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[campbell]

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.

www.rollingstone.com

oh ffs.

enough already.

 

[dumb]

have clicked through this stream for some ground level sights, someone driving around in their car