Hurricane Milton

[Fields Of Rye]

I hope that you have some ice for the beer and a gas powered oven for the pizza rolls.

Because if you drink your beer warm, and the hurricane doesn’t kill you, then it’s my American duty to kill you (in Minecraft, of course).

Make sure your oven doesn’t have an electrical component because ooo weee that is a horrible realization

 

[LaxerBRO]

If it's still CAT 5 when it makes landfall, you're going to have a very bad day. Regardless of how well preparred you are.

The two main dangers are the storm surge. The wind pushing massive amounts of ocean water ahead of it, flooding coastal areas. With powerful storms this can be huge. Somewhat akin to tsunami.

And wind speed. Wind speed can allow you to become complacent. Most hurricanes make landfall with windspeeds below 100 miles an hour. Building codes in Florida are designed for this. So long as the storm surge hasn't undermined your foundation. Above 100 things get unpleasant. Very unpleasant. Get close to 200 and whether the building codes will work is a crap shoot. Your roof will probably go bye bye. Along with your walls, pets, small children.

If you want to be horrified look at some day after photos from huricane Andrew.

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What about evacuating to the stairwell's of multi-level parkings garages if it's too late to leave the affected area?

 

[verissimus]

That was before FL really beefed up their modifications to the IRC. New construction since then has higher design wind speeds.

Exactly. A lot of you here act like this is our first rodeo. It isn't. The people who should most be concerned are those that live right on the shore. Hurricane Ivan did a number on those kinds of homes in Pensacola. Hek, it even took down the bridge which was insane.

 

[PyrrhicRustle]

I am concerned with how the Caribbean hurricane called “Milton” is going to affect my family in the area who seem to be insisting on staying in one of the single most flood prone areas in the region.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Eyewall replacement cycle about done. We going back to Category 5 here soon.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Prior to the thread being featured, it was a pretty informative thread. I check it again this morning and it’s 15 pages of arguing about whether or not Jews control the weather.

Welcome to the Thunderdome.

 

[Quindoll]

Eyewall replacement cycle about done. We going back to Category 5 here soon.

I really like your post in general. You are in my view one of the best posers on here and we had a small exchange regardling climate change. Years ago, I know brining it up is a bit autistic. You were making the case that climate change would be beneficial.

Do the current events put some change in thought in motion?

 

[Got Milk!]

If I'm about to die, I'm going out effort posting. Sorry tourists, most of this won't make a bit of sense to you.

Yesterday, the county did a hurricane Helene debris collection point at East Lake and Tarpon Springs Rd. There's a goddamn minefield right there. If you're anywhere even close to there (looking at you Odessa) then be ready for microwaves and water logged shitty chink products to rain down on you.

I don't need to say this but if you're West of 19 and still there, enjoy death child. Us East of 19 chads are chillin and only mildly afraid of death.

If you're in Land O Lakes anywhere near 41 and Ehern cutoff, you will be getting flooded. That's, Dupree Lakes, Pristine Lakes, Ehern Mills, Outlaw Lakes Estates, Wilderness Lakes, Connerton and especially from Ehren Cemetery Rd going north. Every single retention pond there has been full since Helene and some have already crested. There is water directly on the road already and the rain from this hurricane hasn't even started yet. Being inland won't help you here. And if you live near Caliente, consider the excess contamination of any flood water around.

Oldsmar bros, you're already halfway to being flooded and too close to the coast. Tampa residents are advised to shelter in place. In fact, barricade yourself inside. This is mandatory for South Tampa and New Tampa. Sulfur Springs residents are advised to wear multiple layers and stay outside "so you cud soke up dat rain n sheit".


If you have thought to yourself at this late stage, "I think I'm gonna leave" like my retarded brother, the only viable route I'm aware of is I-4 to 95 towards Jacksonville. You might be okay in Daytona or St. Augustine (St Augustine is much better imo) but don't stay right on the water. 19, 75 and the expressway are clusterfucks barren of any fuel for a long way out of the area. 19 is for sure empty of fuel to Weekie Wachee and 75 to almost GA from what I understand. I'm not sure about the expressway but the toll isn't being enforced currently so every retard who knows is clogging it too. If you're more north (Spring Hill, (New) Port Richey etc,) you could also try taking sr-50/52 east then go north.


Anyways, I'm really looking forward to visiting the Tampa area for the first time soon. Hopefully it's okay after the storm. I've heard really good things about this Busch Gardens and Old McMickey's Farm.

 

[Oilspill Battery]

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that the last time a hurricane this strong appeared it dissapeared some islands, how can a hurricane do that? Through sheer land displacement?

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

The debris left by Helene is gonna fuck up everything even more. I hope they pick it up soon.

 

[johnny johnny yes papa]

I don't get it, is this a something burger or a nothing burger? I hear some people acting like this is the end of the world and the entire state of Florida is going to be plunged below the sea and there are other people claiming this isn't a big deal. Which is it?

 

[mindlessobserver]

Do the current events put some change in thought in motion?

Hurricanes in the Gulf have little if anything to do with the average ocean temperature being 2 degrees higher then 100 years ago. Hell, the 1933 season had 20 named storms and included some all time bangers like the Category 4 Chesapeake-Potomac storm and the Category 5 Brownsville storm. Every year a Hurricane forms somewhere in the Atlantic, and every year we hear about how this is a consequence of climate change.

Its all the confirmation bias of the present. Hurricanes formed in the Ocean long before we were an industrial society and even if we went back to being hunter gatherers living in mud huts they still will form. Also, human involvement in warming ocean water and glacial retreatment is not as huge as some would say IMO. The Glaciers have been retreating for 50,000 years since the end of the last ice age and they would have continued to do so with or without human involvement. I would agree that human involvement is probably speeding up the process, but whether we reach the end point 1,000 years from now instead of 10,000 years from now is largely meaningless. Its meaningless for us living today, and its certainly meaningless as far as the Earth is concerned.

Given enough time, if we are all still around people will start bitching about Global Cooling. Because the Earth has an observable rhythm of warming and cooling,.

 

[Lian Xing]

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that the last time a hurricane this strong appeared it dissapeared some islands, how can a hurricane do that? Through sheer land displacement?

The water displaces the sand somewhere else. Barrier islands are fleeting.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that the last time a hurricane this strong appeared it dissapeared some islands, how can a hurricane do that? Through sheer land displacement?

Some islands in the gulf are mere inches above sea level across the entire surface mostly made of loose material and limestone. When you scrape 150mph winds and tidal force water across these, you remove inches of land. Therefore, you unalive an island.

 

[CFC-12]

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that the last time a hurricane this strong appeared it dissapeared some islands, how can a hurricane do that? Through sheer land displacement?

Mostly just erosion. They aren't big islands, usually just small sandbars and stuff that are barely above sea level. The wind and surge can take off the top level of sand/soil and leave the island just below sea level afterwards.

 

[Equal Rights for Androids]

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that the last time a hurricane this strong appeared it dissapeared some islands, how can a hurricane do that? Through sheer land displacement?

It's possible. In 2018, Hurricane Irma created Little Blackbeard Island, a new island off the coast of Georgia.

 

[CharlesBarkley]

Might wanna keep an eye on this one in the next few days. Webcam from the University of Tampa that is always running.

 

[Anonitolia]

FOX has had a live feed of the hurricane up since last evening. It's quiet for now, but it's got its eyes on some key points like Sarasota and Tampa so it might be worth watching later.

 

[Mr.F.]

The ONE time they give it a male name, it overachieves and surpasses all records.

smdh

 

[Atlas Sneezed]

A friend in Sarasota finally decided to give word. He and his wife are staying put because "I don't understand why people are fleeing north from a storm that's heading north. But logic was never a strong suit of the masses"