Milton now officially down to 911mb and at 175mph
The Hurricane Thread | Hurricane Helene | Hurricane Milton
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Wasn't suggesting navigating by the stars, but if you're driving at night what's the advantage of the scenic route?
Scenic route in rural Georgia in the dark? What could possibly go wrong.
Well he could run some locals over, that should help Harris
Some of my favorite scenic routes are in the desert, like Albuquerque to Roswell, under a full moon; it's so well lit you can drive without headlights.
This scenario requires extremely low light pollution and a scarcity of life to the extent even people don't bother with the area, of course.
Not sure rural Florida and Georgia are the sort of places you'd wanna drive with no lights on TBH!
Just seen an article that this is now a category 5. Mother Nature can be scarily fierce at times.
Wishing all of you who may be affected the best!
Wishing all of you who may be affected the best!
Am asking myself that all day
I prefer to remain as Florida Man only on the caf, not the national news. Besides, if I wanted to conduct car terrorism to help a lying psycho, it would need to be in a swing state.Well he could run some locals over, that should help Harris
I drive a sports car so I don’t get a lot of views of the sky assuming I’d have to look up to check out the stars. However I will enjoy the views of a dark country highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of the peaches rising up through the air.
Suck the water right out of the bay to the south. But that's a disaster for Bradenton and Sarasota I presume. And Fort Myers again?
Yep, the bay will consist of puddles of water & exposed sand bars if it makes landfall south of the Skyway. No doubt Sarasota & Bradenton will suffer devastating effects if so.
I just saw an updated path which has jogged the eye making landfall just north of Pinellas County. That's quite disconcerting.
I recommend taking 19/tollway to 19 up north, they also turn off the tolls during these storms. I went to Tallahassee to ride out Ian, hardly any traffic. Everyone went to Orlando or up 75N.
Disney looks like it's going to be flattened, my Mum lives nearish to Miami so she's kinda safe but damn gunna get rough, for once New Orleans is safe!
I was talking about rural GA roads - I agree in FL it would be as waste of time, though in the words of ASDA man 'Every little helps'
Bro… wow
Could you (or someone else) give me a tl;dr version of the pressure side of all this?
Wind speeds are fairly self explanatory, higher is worse, but seeing some of these tweets and other coverage lower pressure seems worse?
Good call.
These theories that Biden is steering hurricanes into Republican areas to stop them voting is top tier tinfoilery.
Pressure and wind speed are directly correlated. A hurricane acts like a giant vacuum, with air rushing in toward the eye from higher pressure to lower pressure.
The area of low pressure also adds some to the amount of storm surge, as it actually creates a bulge upward in the ocean surface. Most surge though is from wind pushing the water.
“Humans can’t contribute to climate change over centuries, but they can create and steer hurricanes over a period of days.”
Yep. Sound.
Milton down to 897mb now. Now a top 5 strongest Atlantic storm
Pinpoint eye, too. Just 3.8 miles across.
Pinpoint eye, too. Just 3.8 miles across.
Unimaginable power ….be safe guys
This is going to be absolutely devastating, hotels are fully booked, flights out astronomical, a lot of people won’t have the resources to evac.
A human disaster is unfolding before our eyes, and FEMA has no money left, they are already stretched thin after Helene, and Congress wont come back into session.
A human disaster is unfolding before our eyes, and FEMA has no money left, they are already stretched thin after Helene, and Congress wont come back into session.
I was in Hurricane Andrew today in Miami and the winds were as high as 175. To think this could go as high as 200 is insane.
And to think they named it after red stapler guy from Office Space. /s
Is Milton now a category 4 or 5? Different reports out there.
Cat 5 now according to this article, estimated to downgrade to cat 3 by the time it hits land.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/07/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-tampa-debris/
Dropped to a 4 overnight as it did an eye wall replacement, expected to go back up to a 5 today, then we will see what the shear does to it before landfall.
@Florida Man are you leaving today?
wtf is this guy on?
I get that it's a category 5, which is the highest category, but everything I've seen till now suggests that it will drop down to category 3 by the time it reaches landfall, and the winds will be around 90mph and not the 180 that people are quoting right now.
Of course out in the sea it is 180 right now but again not when it makes landfall. If even if we 90mph winds by the time it reaches Florida, would those be amongst the strongest recorded for a hurricane?
Of course out in the sea it is 180 right now but again not when it makes landfall. If even if we 90mph winds by the time it reaches Florida, would those be amongst the strongest recorded for a hurricane?
It’s the storm surge, not the winds, that’s going to determine how much destruction this storm brings.
Also, if the vert shear brings this storm down from a 5, that means the storm actually gets physically larger in size and affects a broader area.
TBH the category is almost meaningless, windspeed isn't the main cause of death and destruction, flooding is - this BBC article explains it well
Around 2009 pressure and water were removed and it became a wholly inadequate measurement based on wind speed.
Wind speed is important, but really only a certain number of miles from centre, it drops off quite a bit the further out. Water is by far the biggest risk. Tampa Bay was flooded out by Helene and we didnt have anything more than strong tropical force winds.
Wind speed is important, but really only a certain number of miles from centre, it drops off quite a bit the further out. Water is by far the biggest risk. Tampa Bay was flooded out by Helene and we didnt have anything more than strong tropical force winds.
Currently in Georgia at a Waffle House off 95. Another 5 hours to go after this.