Here comes Milton
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wrote on 5 Oct 2024, 19:32 last edited by
I mentioned briefly in the Helene thread that we had plans to stay at the beach near Tampa Florida (in the Clearwater area) next month but had to change to the Atlantic side after our AirBnB flooded with 6’ of storm surge…poor town is cleaning up now, but in a few days, another Hurricane is coming…
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wrote on 5 Oct 2024, 19:55 last edited by Tom-K 10 May 2024, 20:37
That's right over my house (slightly NE of Orlando.) That being said, a 1ish, 2ish really isn't all that bad...branches down, this and that flying around. I live on a lake (William F. Buckley said, "A good house should be situated on either a road, a rock or a body of water") --which can be an issue if the wind comes over from the west, but otherwise I'm in some deep cover from trees and other peoples sacrificial houses. And as far as the rain goes even on the lake it's not much of an issue because for reasons of sheer luck (tho' some might say prescient genius) I'm 15' above the lake hight. And with Florida being a flat state the enirity of Central Florida will have to get flooded before anything of mine goes underwater. Though I might be wrong about everything I say. Anyway no matter how bad, a hurricane is a damn sight better than having some psychopath ayatollah shooting rockets over my head.
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wrote on 6 Oct 2024, 01:36 last edited by
I’m in Orlando, but I’ll be home well ahead of the storm.
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That's right over my house (slightly NE of Orlando.) That being said, a 1ish, 2ish really isn't all that bad...branches down, this and that flying around. I live on a lake (William F. Buckley said, "A good house should be situated on either a road, a rock or a body of water") --which can be an issue if the wind comes over from the west, but otherwise I'm in some deep cover from trees and other peoples sacrificial houses. And as far as the rain goes even on the lake it's not much of an issue because for reasons of sheer luck (tho' some might say prescient genius) I'm 15' above the lake hight. And with Florida being a flat state the enirity of Central Florida will have to get flooded before anything of mine goes underwater. Though I might be wrong about everything I say. Anyway no matter how bad, a hurricane is a damn sight better than having some psychopath ayatollah shooting rockets over my head.
wrote on 6 Oct 2024, 02:46 last edited by@Tom-K said in Here comes Milton:
Anyway no matter how bad, a hurricane is a damn sight better than having some psychopath ayatollah shooting rockets over my head.
Don’t knock it till u tried it
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That's right over my house (slightly NE of Orlando.) That being said, a 1ish, 2ish really isn't all that bad...branches down, this and that flying around. I live on a lake (William F. Buckley said, "A good house should be situated on either a road, a rock or a body of water") --which can be an issue if the wind comes over from the west, but otherwise I'm in some deep cover from trees and other peoples sacrificial houses. And as far as the rain goes even on the lake it's not much of an issue because for reasons of sheer luck (tho' some might say prescient genius) I'm 15' above the lake hight. And with Florida being a flat state the enirity of Central Florida will have to get flooded before anything of mine goes underwater. Though I might be wrong about everything I say. Anyway no matter how bad, a hurricane is a damn sight better than having some psychopath ayatollah shooting rockets over my head.
wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 02:46 last edited by@Tom-K Stay safe brother, I think you'll be ok. The hurricane coming from the west probably does mix things up a bit since everything is probably built expecting storms from the east or south.
My wife and I are almost cursed in this regard. Our first anniversary? Blue ridge mountains... ended up with FOG. 2nd Anniversary, went to VA Beach, rode out Hurricane Matthew (cat 1), which was not pleasant, as our hotel room was leaking from the ceiling so we had to switch hotels mid-hurricane. Even a cat 1... the relentless wind/rain for 12 hours (especially overnight) really makes you yearn for watching the hurricane bounce back out to sea. Another anniversary trip... Kiawah Island, SC... COVID hit and the company had to cancel out reservations even though I pleaded that being isolated in a beach house was THE best way to handle COVID... then Clearwater reservations, 2 hurricanes, and now that we've re-booked for the Atlantic side, expect a hurricane early November, I guess?
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 11:21 last edited by
We are leaving Orlando this afternoon, we won’t be alone.
My daughter was planning a Wednesday departure, now moved to tomorrow. This will cost Disney some money.
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 14:16 last edited by
Stay safe everyone!!
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 14:47 last edited by
I head down in 9 days but it should be well past by then. Also I’ll be in Miami
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 15:49 last edited by
It’s no longer a 1-2. It’s passed 4 and could hit 5 this afternoon
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 15:55 last edited by
Water will help vegetation. The wind damage will create lots of job opportunities for our nation's construction workers and scam artists (but I repeat myself).
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 16:46 last edited by
And it’s a 5. Geez. Stay safe.
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 16:53 last edited by
Are these storms way more common this year or am I just paying more attention?
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 17:02 last edited by
@George-K said in Here comes Milton:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/frequency-north-atlantic-hurricanes
Thanks. Those data stop at 2022.
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 17:24 last edited by
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 19:21 last edited by
Will the Miami Hurricanes have to change their name? I find it highly insensitive.
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 21:12 last edited by
Well, Florida is the sunburn state.
How 'bout the Miami Redskins?
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 21:35 last edited by
@Jolly said in Here comes Milton:
Well, Florida is the sunburn state.
How 'bout the Miami Redskins?
How dare you sir.
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@Jolly said in Here comes Milton:
Well, Florida is the sunburn state.
How 'bout the Miami Redskins?
How dare you sir.
wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 21:42 last edited by@Horace said in Here comes Milton:
@Jolly said in Here comes Milton:
Well, Florida is the sunburn state.
How 'bout the Miami Redskins?
How dare you sir.
Where angels fear to tread...Interesting factoid...American Indians are very hard to sunburn. They usually just tan a little darker.
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wrote on 7 Oct 2024, 22:07 last edited by
My sister (Gainesville PD) said they’ve opened up the shoulders of I-75 northbound and it’s bumper to bumper.