Hurricane Milton

  • Leader
    October 7, 2024 6:24 PM CDT

    The Gulf of Mexico has Hurricane Milton which just strengthened to a Cat 5; 160 mph sustained winds. Milton's center is heading towards the Tampa area of Florida, but will affect most of Florida, eerily similar to Hurricane Andrew. Our disaster services are pretty tapped out from Helene.  This path looks terrifying to Floridian's and it will cross over Florida and enter the Atlantic ocean.

    This is a historical hurricane already.  I started out as a tropical storm, sort of playing with the energy coming from the Central American Gyre.  It turned into a Cat 5 in less than 24 hours and had sustained winds over 180 mph now.

    Milton's eye is heading towards Tampa, with 12 foot storm surge expected. This is a very dangerous and deadly storm.  Please listen to your local forecasts as this storm will be hitting at a Cat 3 or Cat 4. Stay safe, Floridians!

  • Leader
    October 22, 2024 8:49 PM CDT

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cden551l7kko?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

    Adding this link here for this article on how unusual this hurricane season has been.  Lots of statistics for weather nerds.