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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #150 on: October 09, 2024, 04:57:50 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on October 09, 2024, 04:29:43 pm
That's a big weathervane. Hopefully, that works, and it survives. Had it been locked in place it likely would not.

In the movie trailer for "Twisters", it shows a huge mega machine under his truck/SUV (can't recall), which is actually a giant iron screw which bores straight into the earth.

But I recall seeing a demonstration of the power/strength of a simple 2X4 piece of lumber become a 'missile'...the board went halfway siding like a dart.  8ft long.

To me, that's as dangerous as hanging on to leaning telephone poles.

You can be fatally wounded by a roof shingle to the face
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #151 on: October 09, 2024, 05:07:02 pm »
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« Reply #152 on: October 09, 2024, 05:09:01 pm »
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« Reply #153 on: October 09, 2024, 07:01:17 pm »
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #154 on: October 09, 2024, 07:03:37 pm »
Tampa zoo and aquarium staff to ride out Milton with the animals


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Millions of people on Florida’s Gulf Coast are preparing to evacuate as Hurricane Milton threatens their lives. But not the zoo and aquarium animals of Tampa.

With staff members hurriedly preparing around them, the animals are chomping away on shrimp or eucalyptus as the area’s biggest threat in a century barrels toward humans and beasts alike. The employees know what to do, but many facilities are still reeling from the deadly effects of Hurricane Helene a week ago.



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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #155 on: October 09, 2024, 07:11:30 pm »
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« Reply #156 on: October 09, 2024, 07:20:21 pm »
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #157 on: October 09, 2024, 08:38:50 pm »
Power went out at 7:30.  Winds NE at 55 gusting to 90.  The big story on the north side is going to be fresh water flooding.  Rains are torrential.
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« Reply #158 on: October 09, 2024, 08:52:55 pm »
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« Reply #159 on: October 09, 2024, 09:54:16 pm »
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« Reply #160 on: October 09, 2024, 09:56:26 pm »
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #161 on: October 09, 2024, 11:29:41 pm »
Weather commentators are beginning to remind me of sportscasters...
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #162 on: October 10, 2024, 02:13:34 am »
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #163 on: October 10, 2024, 06:11:26 am »
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Weather commentators are beginning to remind me of sportscasters...

And of cheerleaders.
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #164 on: October 10, 2024, 09:23:43 am »
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And of cheerleaders.

:yowsa: Cheering for the storm mostly.
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #165 on: October 10, 2024, 09:29:13 am »
Anderson Cooper drilled in face by flying debris during live on-air Hurricane Milton report: ‘That wasn’t good’
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CNN host Anderson Cooper experienced the the storm’s wrath firsthand.

Cooper was drilled in the face with flying debris as he gave a live report in the midst of the powerful winds brought on by Hurricane Milton Wednesday night.

Cooper, posted near the Manatee River, attempted to explain how the storm impacted the water when he was met with Milton’s wrath, 30 minutes after the storm made landfall on Florida’s west-central coast. ...

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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #166 on: October 10, 2024, 09:37:51 am »
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Perspective on yesterdays Milton spawned tornadoes.  Ivan ( 2004)  had 120 tornadoes. Frances ( 2204) 104 tornadoes.  So Far  confirmed with Milton: 45
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« Reply #167 on: October 10, 2024, 10:01:19 am »
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #168 on: October 10, 2024, 10:14:42 am »
If there was one extreme oddity of Milton that shocked me, versus watching others, the past 50 years was size of the spinoff tornadoes.  You can expect huge amounts of F0-F1 spinoffs, in any Hurricane.  BUT...  not EF3 looking suckers that look like they formed in Kansas or Oklahoma.

In fact when some of the first visuals came out, I questioned whether they were real or not.
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #169 on: October 10, 2024, 10:24:29 am »
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:yowsa: Cheering for the storm mostly.

It annoyed the hell out of me. People were possibly losing everything, including life, and they were almost glib about it.
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« Reply #170 on: October 10, 2024, 12:17:15 pm »
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It annoyed the hell out of me. People were possibly losing everything, including life, and they were almost glib about it.

And it's nothing new. They do that routinely! It annoys the HELL out of me that they think they have to stand outside in a slicker in order to tell us what the weather is doing outside.
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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #171 on: October 10, 2024, 03:19:05 pm »
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I hope the storm missed you...
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« Reply #172 on: October 10, 2024, 03:30:18 pm »
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And it's nothing new. They do that routinely! It annoys the HELL out of me that they think they have to stand outside in a slicker in order to tell us what the weather is doing outside.

"There's no way to delay that trouble every day."  Zappa was right about a lot, from that first album.
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« Reply #173 on: October 10, 2024, 03:36:09 pm »
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"There's no way to delay that trouble every day."  Zappa was right about a lot, from that first album.


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Re: Hurricane Milton
« Reply #174 on: October 10, 2024, 04:29:12 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on October 10, 2024, 12:17:15 pm
And it's nothing new. They do that routinely! It annoys the HELL out of me that they think they have to stand outside in a slicker in order to tell us what the weather is doing outside.




That has always astounded me as well.
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