Hurricane Milton

I rode out a Cat 4 in the SW Pacific and the most memorable part was how goddamn boring it was. My roommate and I were in a literal cinderblock shack about 2 miles inland with electricity as our only public utility. We had catchments for drinking water and propane for our two-burner cooktop and some lanterns at night. So we drank wayyy too much for a few days and ate a lot of non-perishable foods while waiting for the power to come back on, which took a week. But it was 99% boring other than a few transformer explosions and placing bets on how bad our road would get flooded. We got butt raped by mosquitoes for almost a month afterwards and that was honestly the worst part.

Good luck to FL bros and I hope Publix opens soon enough so you can get some tendies.
 
Also fuck it, this is a Reed Timmer appreciation post. Arguably an anti-lolcow. Genuine meteorology knowledge, very passionate about what he does
He got stuck on a gravel road and hit by an airborne tillage implement while trying to intercept a tornado. This is his legacy.
but 93L is pushing them into it
That explains the multitude of proper tornadoes today.
once you get to the north end of the Orlando sprawl the state starts to get surprisingly hilly*
*for Florida
They release the swing brake on tower cranes for big storms. Giant weather vanes are better than collapsed... nevermind
Umm... does Florida ever get tornados, like, ever?
Yes. Every winter they get some EF0s and EF1s. Normally a hurricane might produce a few water spouts and maybe a EF1. Not PDS-warned, tornado alley town-levelers.
 
the reality is that florida is used to these types of events and is fairly adept at taking care of the needs of the people in these areas.
its much more than "holy shit everyone is going to die" and "nothing ever happens"
the niggers that invade florida and shit the whole place up will freak out every time, listen to every person saying "you are going to die and be a bog body by the time EMS finds you", raid grocery stores and gas stations, and freak the fuck out.
true floridians know that it is a game of chance, exactly like every other thing in life.
you could die in a freak accident at any time, and you could die in a hurricane from flooding or tornadoes, the best you can do at anytime is prepare for the worst in a sane way
it is a humbling and impactful thing to experience how you're truly at the mercy of certain aspects of life which happens all over the place all the time but its a fact of life in this area in particular if you've got your roots here.
some of us here will still experience major complications and issues of their homes and property being damaged and having no power and potentially no water for days to weeks
but yknow, fuck it we ball
:optimistic:
 
G..g..g..guys, was this over blown?
I had to leave the thread for a while because of the huge hype. It's fine if you're out of state to panic, but in state we had to keep our head about us while we prepared. There's few hurricanes that go total meltdown, Helene really got some doomer's hopes up. At least 1 million people evacuated the state (including a friend of my cousin who left fucking Miami, who wasn't even forecast to be hit!) and everyone took it seriously.

Some people like to think negatively and cheer on disaster to confirm their world beliefs that everything sucks. Some just want to see shocking world and scientific events. The former won't change with this but I do hope some get perspective and realize that it's best not to wish death on thousands of people: natural disasters rain on the just and unjust. The later I'm sorry about but hey, at least it was a record.


No Disney Destruction?

No Total Tampa Thot Termination?

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

See, you have to be the change you want to see in the world if you're that gun-ho about this. You need to take that ax and start chipping away at Splash Mountain. You need to report those thots to the IRS. Can't just rely on nature for these things!
 
I'm on the other side of the state and a tornado flung a car at some dude's house a few minutes away from where I live and some of my neighbor's windows got taken out. It's some crazy shit.
Wow, I wasn't aware a cat 3 was still so dangerous. I thought it had surely fizzled out to a nothingburger. Stay safe!
 
See, you have to be the change you want to see in the world if you're that gun-ho about this. You need to take that ax and start chipping away at Splash Mountain. You need to report those thots to the IRS. Can't just rely on nature for these things!
I confess that I was more hoping for something like the castle having chunks torn off of it and flying around or something.
 
Excuse you, the bikini camwhores earlier couldn't possibly drown with those flotation devices bolted onto their chests.

I was hoping more for comedic flinging.
We have at least the whole next week for chimp outs and ebegging sagas, at least!

I confess that I was more hoping for something like the castle having chunks torn off of it and flying around or something.
Sorry champ, maybe one day. :(
 
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