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[News] Hurricane Milton, Florida
- Thread starter Zeberdi
- Start date
- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,501
The issue is the direct collision course with a densely populated area. Obviously the lower the category the better, but this is looking to be devastating no matter what number is put on it. I just hope lives can be spared and everyone possible was able to get out.
Would you keep driving towards this / those?
- Nov 11, 2009
- 12,273
Nutters... driving that fast in opposite direction.
Weststander
Well-known member
And doubled in width in 24 hours.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Cat 3 means winds "dropping" to around 120mph, with gusts of up to 150mph.
They just interviewed the mayor of Clearwater on Newsnight. He stated that the emergency services will NOT be responding to callout requests whilst the winds are at a consistent 50mph+. Which petty much looks like a given.
They also interviewed a family - mum, dad, 6 year old lad - who are staying home to "ride it out". Dad has done some prep, battening the house up. It'll be interesting to see them on tomorrow nights Newsnight to see how they did. Best of luck to them.
Oh, and the guy who was interviewed on his medium sized wooden BOAT, moored to a quayside in a marina, who is staying put because "I ain't got nowhere else to go". I expect he'll wind up somewhere around Cape Canaveral.
They just interviewed the mayor of Clearwater on Newsnight. He stated that the emergency services will NOT be responding to callout requests whilst the winds are at a consistent 50mph+. Which petty much looks like a given.
They also interviewed a family - mum, dad, 6 year old lad - who are staying home to "ride it out". Dad has done some prep, battening the house up. It'll be interesting to see them on tomorrow nights Newsnight to see how they did. Best of luck to them.
Oh, and the guy who was interviewed on his medium sized wooden BOAT, moored to a quayside in a marina, who is staying put because "I ain't got nowhere else to go". I expect he'll wind up somewhere around Cape Canaveral.
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I fear his boat will be reduced to matchwood, and its not like he can do anything about it just by him being there. I truly, truly hope he comes to his senses and gets out of Dodge, even if its just to higher ground somewhere.Christ, surely he's a gonna. Poor guy
Weststander
Well-known member
Excellent live coverage.
Jim Cantore casually standing in a multi-storey car park in Charlotte Harbour with water around his knees is what I'm here for.
He'll go up a level, certainly, but only just before he's about to drown.
He'll go up a level, certainly, but only just before he's about to drown.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I’ve been watching the Ventusky App for wind speeds, and tracking the hurricane.
The worst thing I’ve seen on social media is some bastard abandoned their dog by tying it up to a post! Thankfully a policeman saw it, and rescued it.
The worst thing I’ve seen on social media is some bastard abandoned their dog by tying it up to a post! Thankfully a policeman saw it, and rescued it.
Weststander
Well-known member
As with Hurricane Katrina (cat 3 on landfall) isn’t the devastation/risk to life from Hurricane Milton likely to come from the storm surge?
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Yeah, that was the guy (didn't know the name though).
I wish it could be amusing in some way, but its really not. Someone there needs to make him see sense, or this could well be the death of him. I'm sure all the news crews will have a safe place to go. I hope they can give him that option.
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
He has become known as that after the character on Forrest Gump. That isn't his real name:-
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Yeah, I guessed it was some kind of media moniker.
When he starts saying the safest place to be in a flood is on a boat - "we learned that from Noah. Everybody that stayed on land drowned". Kinell.
It never ceases to amaze me how a fictional book about a sky fairy from 2,000 years ago still drives some peoples life decisions. Especially in a situation like this. There is literally nowhere I would rather NOT be than in a rickety little boat in Tampa Bay right now, with this bearing down on it.
It will be so awful if the worst happens to this chap. Well, anyone of course. But after he's been highlighted like this by the media, it'd be all the more upsetting. I'm hoping CNN pick up with him in 24 hours and alls well and he can say he was absolutely right.