Hurricane Milton is now Category 4 aimed at Florida!

[BrianNole777]

Wow, everyone being safe?

Milton strengthens again, now a Cat 4 hurricane aiming at Florida: Live updates

What could be a deadly storm surge from Hurricane Milton of 8-12 feet is possible for more than 200 miles of coastline − with Tampa in the middle.

www.usatoday.com

 

[seminoleed]

Doing my best REO Speedwagon version of Riding the Storm Out. Our house is less than a year old and has every window hurricane proof, and screens that come down made of Kevlar that block any flying objects. And when the power goes off, which it surely will, let the vandals try and break in and meet some of my arsenal.

 

[BrianNole777]

Doing my best REO Speedwagon version of Riding the Storm Out. Our house is less than a year old and has every window hurricane proof, and screens that come down made of Kevlar that block any flying objects. And when the power goes off, which it surely will, let the vandals try and break in and meet some of my arsenal.

Be safe.

 

[DFSNOLE]

Cat 5 with 175mph winds now.

 

[seminoleed]

Cat 5 with 175mph winds now.

Looks like Milty plans on testing my house security setup--in a big way. Yikes.

 

[BrainVision]

Cat 5 with 175mph winds now.

That went from nothing to something shockingly fast.

 

[BrianNole777]

That went from nothing to something shockingly fast.

I just read this:

Hurricane Milton's rapid intensification is part of a climate-fueled trend

It strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just over 24 hours.

www.google.com

 

[DFSNOLE]

My sister and BiL from Tampa got to my house around 2:30 this morning. What is normally a 6 hour drive took 10.5. Glad they're here.

 

[DFSNOLE]

 

[BrianNole777]

Yikes.

 

[BrianNole777]

@QuaZ2002 do you live in Tampa?

Did you flee?

 

[DFSNOLE]

 

[seminoleed]

The TV "meteorologists" down here are pathetic. I've been on different channels and not a single one sees the same thing another does. But they sure now how to push that weather porn, breathlessly telling us how we're all going to die if we don't go to shelter immediately, and I swear, some of them act like they're going to have an orgasm any minute.

Update on the Cape: several tornadoes have been seen and touched down, going north either east or west of us. Heard there was one on Pine Island that might've done some damage, but right now winds are out of the east at about 20 mph, overcast but no rain at all. It was very hard rain during the tornado passes. Update: one of the tornadoes touched down in N. Ft. Myers and who would have guessed it, in a trailer park. No word of any casualties yet.

 

[DFSNOLE]

The TV "meteorologists" down here are pathetic. I've been on different channels and not a single one sees the same thing another does. But they sure now how to push that weather porn, breathlessly telling us how we're all going to die if we don't go to shelter immediately, and I swear, some of them act like they're going to have an orgasm any minute.

Update on the Cape: several tornadoes have been seen and touched down, going north either east or west of us. Heard there was one on Pine Island that might've done some damage, but right now winds are out of the east at about 20 mph, overcast but no rain at all. It was very hard rain during the tornado passes. Update: one of the tornadoes touched down in N. Ft. Myers and who would have guessed it, in a trailer park. No word of any casualties yet.

Ed, where is Cape Coral in relation to like Fort Myers? I don't know if I could point at it on a map without labels.

 

[seminoleed]

Ed, where is Cape Coral in relation to like Fort Myers? I don't know if I could point at it on a map without labels.

Directly across the Caloosahatchee River from Ft. Myers; the two cities are connected by 4 bridges.