Milton strengthens to Category 5 hurricane

Good thing they removed climate change from being a thing discussed in the legislature. That should fix things.

This graphic from The Weather Channel is terrifying.

Most tsunamis are less than 10 feet high

https://www.weather.gov/safety/tsunami-about

Cities can't be protected from this long-term.

So is trump at Mar a Lego right now standing proudly on the front lawn for this? Is he staying there, "standing his ground" against the "climate hoax"?

Or is he hiding somewhere else safe, with an excuse, like a coward who's actually afraid of climate change?

Good thing DeSantis won't pick up the phone from Biden or Harris to start funding relief.

At least the insurance companies will only have to rebuild some houses once after 2 hurricanes

Currently in my house in Florida, where I am looks to be not on the direct path but not completely free. Hurricanes can move a lot, especially when they get on land and staet losing speed.

Once we evacuated 5 hours in a car with all our animals (at the time 2 big sweaty dogs) in a car that wasnt even the size of a minivan. We packed everything we needed just in case. Once we got inside the hotel we booked we took a ~2 hour nap and upon checking the storm again it had moved to come right to where the hotel is. We then had to drive 5 hours BACK home where we began.

Anyhoo, wish us luck! I don't wanna evacuate with 4 cats and a large dog haha

UPDATE: 5:30 10/8
I got 5+ 'amber alerts' today. They just wouldn't stop haha

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Someone had a word quota to fill.

NOAA changed Milton's heading on Hurricanes.gov to plead with people to listen to evacuation orders.

We'll all be very happy to feel silly if this doesn't go the way it looks like it's going to go. But please for the love of humanity get out of the way of this thing.

I guess their god doesn't like florida. I wonder why?

On a more serious note I really hope all the decent people of florida the best of luck. To the rest I hope you only get thoughts and prayers.

I'm gonna tell myself that this is finally bad enough to spur widespread action on global warming as a way of feeling better about it and you can all preemptively shut up with your reality checks.

Hurricanes don't like it when you ban books. Prayin for you, florida man.

Florida... Give him back his stapler, like right now.

"Climate change isn't real"

Cat 5 don’t fuck around.

Good luck Florida.

What. The. Fuck.

I'm watching the live stream from WFLA, which is a St. Petersburg station. He's a photo of a bridge leaving the area right now (just after noon on Tuesday Florida time.)

Either most people with cars have evacuated or there are a lot of people who may learn the last lesson of their lives. I hope the former.

Also, the eye apparently will pass right over Cape Canaveral.

Time to break out the Sharpie and fix this, Donald!

Ohh shit.

So how much overlap is there with the previous Helene path?

Longer article if you want more info: https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-557c5c512135e0a8661b298e45e17c92

You would think religious people would say this is a sign. They probably do but apply it in the wrong direction.

Surely climate change had nothing to do with this!

This storm has reached 180mph at its peak. Have you ever braced wind at that speed? I've ridden at 120mph on my motorcycle (at a drag strip). The wind, even with a full face helmet and visor, was so extreme that it was hard to hold on and my ears were ringing afterward despite having earplugs in. This insanity corresponds to a few seconds of a category 3 hurricane. This hurricane's winds are like that felt by squids on literbikes doing top speed runs.

I saw some models basically saying how unpredictable this hurricane is to the point that forecasts are all over the map, from landfall as Cat 2 all the way up to it maintaining Cat 5. Most predictions think it will land as a strong Cat 3, but the variance is really high.

How about boosting the funding for FEMA? Another cluster fuck in the making thanks to the GOP.

Even though Tanya Marunchak’s Belleair Beach home was flooded with more than 4 feet (1.2 meters) of water from Helene, she and her husband were unsure Monday morning if they should evacuate. She wanted to leave, but her husband thought their three-story home was sturdy enough to withstand Milton.

That poor woman. If her husband thinks he’s safe in their “sturdy” home, she should leave him behind.

Florida gonna look like Fallout4 post Hurricane Milton and Hurricane season ain't even over...

has some solid info not only on the current data and what to expect, but WHY these things can happen.

Don't hurricanes normally go the other way? I thought they normally blow towards the southwest?

Did Helene not eradicate all the idiots?

How are there more?

Graghhhhhh.

Hopefully it'll take out that twat with the giant forehead

Relief this morning when looking at the current track. At least I won't get the core. For now.

“Humans can’t breathe underwater” The Newsroom

We're supposed to go to Tampa this weekend for a tattoo. In the grand scheme of things I know, we've got very little to worry about, but I am wondering if we should just cancel now, or if there's a chance of Tampa being back online by Friday.

Let's go Milton