Hurricane Milton

[DCPatriot]

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

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/arva61138/status/1844116407660773813

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1844110324586152278

[Gefn]

Milton closes in on Florida as a larger Category 3 hurricane: Live updates




https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/09/hurricane-milton-live-updates-wednesday-florida-landfall/75579293007/

[Gefn]

Tampa zoo and aquarium staff to ride out Milton with the animals

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.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1rV0Qk

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/UnityFrontLine/status/1844147275641373182

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1844145928653164903

[cato potatoe]

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.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/thinktankfranks/status/1844177537884389645

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1844192367261433993

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/MattWallace888/status/1844194517446242422

[Smokin Joe]

Weather commentators are beginning to remind me of sportscasters...

[Sighlass]

https://twitter.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1844192367261433993

What $itchy neighbors.... The power company dictates what trees get trimmed around here (likely to hit power lines)....

[Wingnut]

Weather commentators are beginning to remind me of sportscasters...

And of cheerleaders.

[Bigun]

And of cheerleaders.

Cheering for the storm mostly.

[mountaineer]

Anderson Cooper drilled in face by flying debris during live on-air Hurricane Milton report: ‘That wasn’t good’
By Nicholas McEntyre   
Published Oct. 10, 2024
Updated Oct. 10, 2024, 7:03 a.m. ET
NY Post

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. ...

[rustynail]

The American Storm
@BigJoeBastardi
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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

[mystery-ak]

[catfish1957]

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.

[Lando Lincoln]

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.

[Bigun]

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.

[mystery-ak]

@cato potatoe

I hope the storm missed you...

[Cyber Liberty]

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.

[Bigun]

"There's no way to delay that trouble every day."  Zappa was right about a lot, from that first album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFVwohXMgmQ

[berdie]

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.

[Cyber Liberty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFVwohXMgmQ

Zappa knew the Presses then, back in the 60's.

[Bigun]

Zappa knew the Presses then, back in the 60's.

Sure seems so.

[libertybele]

Weather commentators are beginning to remind me of sportscasters...

Absolutely.  It became ridiculous.  Just report the vicinity of the hurricane in relation to the geography of where it's going to make landfall...that's all we need, and really all we have time for.  All their 'fluff' was ridiculous.

They interviewed one poor guy this morning who was extracting water out of his house and tearing out boards and a news reporter actually followed him around while he was trying to work.  It was beyond ridiculous.  Now if the reporter had actually pitched in and helped the poor guy, that would have been newsworthy.

[mystery-ak]

Coast Guard video shows helicopter crew rescue man floating on a cooler 30 miles off Florida coast
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm
 By Greg Wehner Fox News
Published October 10, 2024 6:34pm EDT


A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew located and rescued a man who was seen clinging to a cooler in the Gulf of Mexico nearly 30 miles off Florida's central-west coast.

Coast Guard District 7, which covers South Carolina, Georgia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, the Caribbean Sea and Florida, posted video of the miraculous rescue Thursday afternoon.

In the video, a Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Miami is seen approaching the man clinging to a cooler as a member of the crew is lowered into the water.

The crew member then swims over to the man in distress, before the video ends.

more
https://www.foxnews.com/us/coast-guard-video-helicopter-crew-rescue-man-floating-cooler-30-miles-off-floridas-coast

[cato potatoe]

@cato potatoe

I hope the storm missed you...

St Pete took it on the chin, but the flooding event never came to fruition.  A last minute turn definitely saved the insurance/reinsurance industries.  My electric returned this evening.  About 70% of the metro is without. 

[mystery-ak]

Hurricane Milton Death Toll Stands at 16 and Expected to Rise

The death toll from Hurricane Milton stood at 16 on Friday morning with Florida residents warned to expect the number to rise as rescue workers make their way through floodwaters and debris.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/11/hurricane-milton-death-toll-stands-at-16-and-expected-to-rise/

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1844742560842948991

[deb]

https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1844742560842948991

PTL!

[Wingnut]

Man that was great.  But upon searching this was from 11 years ago in oklahoma.

For gods sake, don't just stand there, help the lady get the rubble off the dog.

[jmyrlefuller]

Weather commentators are beginning to remind me of sportscasters...

As someone who spent his college years hoping to get into that field, the fact that I failed in that exercise looks more and more like a blessing in disguise.

[Right_in_Virginia]

[AllThatJazzZ]

Weather commentators are beginning to remind me of sportscasters...

I'm right there with you. When they stand out there in all the wind, rain and flooding, why do they think they would be able to dissuade citizens from doing the same thing? After all, they see that the reporters aren't dying as a result of weathering the storm. Instead they're having what some would call an adventure. No one thinks they have a special dispensation for defying the weather. Why do they act like they do?
 

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm right there with you. When they stand out there in all the wind, rain and flooding, why do they think they would be able to dissuade citizens from doing the same thing? After all, they see that the reporters aren't dying as a result of weathering the storm. Instead they're having what some would call an adventure. No one thinks they have a special dispensation for defying the weather. Why do they act like they do?
 

Well, I did like that video of Anderson Cooper getting smashed in the face by flying debris.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Well, I did like that video of Anderson Cooper getting smashed in the face by flying debris.

I didn't get to see that, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed it. I can't tell you how many laughs I got when Geraldo was knocked down by the wave coming over the seawall in Galveston in Ike. 

[Texas Yellow Rose]

https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1844742560842948991

Cry for happy!

[AllThatJazzZ]

Man that was great.  But upon searching this was from 11 years ago in oklahoma.

For gods sake, don't just stand there, help the lady get the rubble off the dog.

@Wingnut

Yes, I remember seeing it a while back. I wanted to punch a hole in my computer so I could strangle that reporter. I hope they got a lot of blowback for their heartless reporting.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I didn't get to see that, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed it. I can't tell you how many laughs I got when Geraldo was knocked down by the wave coming over the seawall in Galveston in Ike. 

Two hurricane classics courtesy of media morons 


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[Bigun]

Well! They gotta make it ALL about them you know.

[Smokin Joe]

Two hurricane classics courtesy of media morons 


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Thank you! I'm glad I scrolled down. I was going to go look for the one with the canoe.

[mountaineer]

Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸
@ChristinaPushaw
⚡️💡NEW: Governor DeSantis announces that power has been restored to over 4 million households following Hurricane Milton -- the fastest power restoration of that magnitude in Florida's history!
Utility workers are continuing their efforts to restore all remaining accounts that can safely receive power.
11:50 AM · Oct 15, 2024

Steve Deace
@SteveDeaceShow
He's the best crisis manager I have ever seen.
11:54 AM · Oct 15, 2024

[libertybele]

Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸
@ChristinaPushaw
⚡️💡NEW: Governor DeSantis announces that power has been restored to over 4 million households following Hurricane Milton -- the fastest power restoration of that magnitude in Florida's history!
Utility workers are continuing their efforts to restore all remaining accounts that can safely receive power.
11:50 AM · Oct 15, 2024

Steve Deace
@SteveDeaceShow
He's the best crisis manager I have ever seen.
11:54 AM · Oct 15, 2024

Go Ron!!!! You gotta love the guy. His hurricane responses are the quickest ever in the country!!! Not just electricity, but repairing infrastructure as well.

[GrouchoTex]

I didn't get to see that, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed it. I can't tell you how many laughs I got when Geraldo was knocked down by the wave coming over the seawall in Galveston in Ike. 

I mentioned that in another thread today!