Hurricane Milton

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NOAA plane is almost in the eye.
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One of the last looks at him before the sun goes down.
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Archie Bunker said:
Can one of you meteorological niggas give us a rundown of Milton Vs. Katrina’s core stats? Speed, eye size, rainfall, wave height, duration, population of affected areas, etc/whatever other comparisons you think are important? Would be greatly appreciated and would give us tourists some insight other than “whew, these numbers mean big storm bad.” Thank you brothers.
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Katrina was the absolute worst case scenario storm mainly because of where it hit. A lot of New Orleans is at or below sea level, and the storm overtopped the levees that were keeping the seawater out of the city:

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Katrina was a unique situation because I can't think of any other major US coastal cities that are built at or below sea level. Seems like a stupid fucking place to build a major population center, but I digress. Because of the angle Katrina came in at, and the size of the storm, it led to a massive 28 foot surge. So once all that seawater came in, it couldn't just drain out on its own like with a typical storm surge. It just sat in those low areas for fucking weeks. Most of it had to be pumped out manually. You couldn't just go home after the storm because your neighborhood was still inundated with multiple feet of water. Tampa's different because it's actually above sea level so in most places you don't need to worry about the water sticking around for too long.

Milton is still quite a strong boy, however. His current wind speeds of 165mph are 10mph below Katrina's peak intensity of 175. As well, Katrina saw a minimum eye pressure of 902mb, which is right about where Milton currently sits, though yesterday he was down below 900mb for a time. Milton isn't as large a storm as Katrina yet, however, though that may change as he approaches landfall. Storms that are larger can displace a larger area of the ocean meaning the surge is higher when it reaches land. Katrina was down to a Cat 3 by the time it hit Louisiana but that didn't stop it from completely fucking up the city due to the aforementioned reasons.

Rainfall amounts for Milton will probably be similar to Katrina, roughly about 6-8 inches with more in unlucky areas. Which is bad. Really, this has the potential to be just as destructive as Katrina. The only silver lining would be that the floodwaters will recede on their own instead of leaving the entire city inundated for weeks.
 
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Big Merv said:
If something like this exists elsewhere I'd be interested to know since I haven't seen it.
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A lot of unprotected places along river floodplains or beaches are on stilts in the US. I've even seen people behind dams build their houses on stilts if there has been scares or disasters in the past.

Essentially if an insurance company will not insure for floods/hurricanes for a house, the houses will be on stilts.
 
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Archie Bunker said:
Can one of you meteorological niggas give us a rundown of Milton Vs. Katrina’s core stats? Speed, eye size, rainfall, wave height, duration, population of affected areas, etc/whatever other comparisons you think are important? Would be greatly appreciated and would give us tourists some insight other than “whew, these numbers mean big storm bad.” Thank you brothers.
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Max wind speed

Katrina 175mph
Milton 180mph (so far)

Wind speed at landfall

Katrina 125mph
Milton 125mph (current forecast)

Extend of hurricane-force winds

Katrina 120 miles (at landfall)
Milton 60 miles (current)/70 miles (current landfall forecast)

Peak surge height

Katrina 28-30 feet (at landfall)
Milton 10-15 feet (current landfall forecast)

Population affected by hurricane conditions

Katrina - Approximately 2 million people
Milton - Between 4 and 10 million people (personal estimate based on current forecast cone and expected extent of hurricane winds at landfall)

Cost

Katrina $125 billion
Milton (if Pinellas County landfall) $250 billion+

Basically, Katrina was a bigger storm with more surge and more energy, but Milton is going to affect more people and is very likely to do more damage. It shouldn't kill as many people because most people will have gotten out.
 
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PointOfNoReturnPoint said:
I take things like a small hurricane as a challenge but at this point, it's a lost cause and she got nothing else to do other than be honest about it.
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I suppose, but last time they did this with harvey, even if he was right, it caused alot of people to panic and it fucked up with food stuff and evacuation, a leader is supposed to keep people calm, even if its a hopeless situation.

But thats the opinion of a retard online
 
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Honored guest said:
I remember maybe 2 or 3 years ago there was a big hurricane headed for New Orleans and everyone was anticipating a 2nd Katrina. A few kiwis/channers found a bunch of static cameras livestreaming and it was an interesting experience watching as the storm came in, has anyone found any similar setups or random camera feeds for this storm?
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I've been searching nearby places (it's difficult to sift through the noise when searching directly for Tampa) and found this livestream of a marina in Palmetto (less than an hour from Tampa). It's bleak because currently there's a young family there who haven't evacuated and are just taking their boys fishing. :c

It's here:
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Red is evacuation Zone A, orange is Zone B.
 
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CFC-12 said:
Katrina was a unique situation because I can't think of any other major US coastal cities that are built at or below sea level. Seems like a stupid fucking place to build a major population center, but I digress.
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That’s because they didn’t New Orleans was built on the tallest hill in the area but due to the city of New Orleans deciding to turn all the surrounding swampland into more New Orleans by pumping the water out of the swampland then building on it the gound slowly started to compact and now the entire city at risk of being flooded if a Levee ever breaks. That Gentility Ridge in the picture you posted used to be 80 feet above sea level.
 
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