Are you far enough inland to be safe from storm surges?
To: Bob Ireland
Are you far enough inland to be safe from storm surges?
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how bout rodguy911
anybody heard from him?
Yes! I am a bit east of the 'Ridge' that roughly runs down the center of the state to the Everglades. If 'surge' from Milton reaches this far, you can cross Florida off of your maps! It now appears that the storm will pass a little south of me, which means perhaps a bit less wind but mucho rain. I think that my location can endure some heavy rain accumulation; others will not be so lucky.
One curious thing about this storm forecast is that - right now - they are saying that the storm has increased to a cat-5 but it will decrease to a cat-3 by landfall, and come into Orlando at about a cat-2. This is similar to what they forecast for Helene but it came ashore at cat-4 rather than cat-3. This strengthening followed by a weakening at landfall is not the common behavior of hurricanes here in the sub-tropics... Curious!
It depends on the elevation, not distance.