And now it's tropical storm Milton

[Crepitus]

Batten down the hatches again FL. here it comes again.

POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE DEXTER

 

[Leo123]

Batten down the hatches again FL. here it comes again.

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POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE DEXTER

An Myorkas busted out FEMA giving money to illegals.

 

[Grumblenuts]

 

[Crepitus]

An Myorkas busted out FEMA giving money to illegals.

Fake news. FEMA has used no disaster aid on immigrants under Biden's watch.

During the tRump administration it was a different story though.

 

[Grumblenuts]

 

[odanny]

My next door neighbor has a house in St. Pete., and it looks like it might have a bullseye on it.

 

[braalian]

My next door neighbor has a house in St. Pete., and it looks like it might have a bullseye on it.

If he has more than one house, he can afford it

 

[Dekster]

Looks like Tampa will be getting the brunt of it toward the end of next week as a Cat 3 direct hit. Not sure they are ready.

 

[SweetTea]

If he has more than one house, he can afford it

What does the fact that he MAY be able to afford it have to do with anything?

 

[candycorn]

This from the NWS:

BULLETIN
Hurricane Milton Intermediate Advisory Number 12A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
100 AM CDT Tue Oct 08 2024

...EXTREMELY POWERFUL HURRICANE MILTON JUST NORTH OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA...
...MILTON POSES AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS THREAT TO FLORIDA AND
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE ORDERS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS...


SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...22.1N 89.2W
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM NNE OF PROGRESO MEXICO
ABOUT 585 MI...840 KM SW OF TAMPA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH...250 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...924 MB...27.29 INCHES

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585/9=65 hours or 2.5 days.

155 miles per hour. Holy crap.