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AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Still reeling from Helene, Florida braces for Hurricane Milton as it gains strength

www.theguardian.com

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Still reeling from Helene, Florida braces for Hurricane Milton as it gains strength

www.theguardian.com

AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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State official urges people to prepare for ‘largest evacuation that we have seen most likely since 2017 Hurricane Irma’
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  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    My in-laws are bitching about “how bad” the weather will be after it makes it’s way to Ohio.

    I understand losing power for a few hours is irritating, but have some fucking perspective. You can go see actual devastation with a single tank of gas.

    • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
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      Your in-laws sound like assholes.

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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        You are correct.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
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      Also, Milton is projected to cross from the Gulf straight across Florida into the Atlantic.

      I’m no meteorologist, but I’m pretty sure Ohio’s weather isn’t going to be significantly impacted this time.

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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        You know, you just might be on to something.

        I doubt they have at any point bothered to look at a weather report though.

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          What, you expect them to “do their own research” or something?

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      If you’re using gas, you’re already the asshole

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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        Cool. Buy me an electric vehicle or shut the fuck up.

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          Bicycle. If you can’t join a bicycle share program or spend a few $100 on a bicycle, walk.

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    I was in high school when Charlie, Francis, and Jeanne rolled through. That was awful, the compounding storm damage really fucked over a lot of people, it was the third one that did in my family’s roof, and we had blue tarps over the damage for over a year and we were fortunate enough to be able to call roofers the next day. I was still finding the rare bit of insulation in my stuff years later when I was packing to move.

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    This is looking really bad.

    https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-10-07-hurricane-milton-forecast-florida-storm-surge-wind-flooding

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      The models do have it going down to “only” cat 3 at landfall thanks to some aggressive wind shear closer to florida. The wind shear will spread out the high winds a bit, decreasing the max wind speed, but exposing a wider area to hurricane strength winds.

      https://youtu.be/8HtnqOnj9tU

      I really hope Tampa is ready for this level of storm surge and winds.

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    I wonder if this is the one that makes Florida go bankrupt.

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    Please break off, please break off, please break off…

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