I am in the south Tampa Bay area and we are having minimal winds and rain.
The NHC in their 4am wind advisory reduced the wind speed before landing from 120 mph to 115 mph.
I know the media wants to make Helene the storm that changed the 2024 election, but it just seems to me that it will not be as powerful as the media likes to predict.
Hurricane Helene Discussion Number 12
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092024
400 AM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 26/0900Z 24.2N 86.2W 80 KT 90 MPH
12H 26/1800Z 26.8N 85.2W 100 KT 115 MPH
24H 27/0600Z 31.6N 84.0W 75 KT 85 MPH...INLAND
It rarely is. But c'mon, man! They have had the explosive headlines burning holes in their laptop screens since early summer. Might as well use them now.
Not only the media. There are two other Helene threads here on FR which have attracted what appear to be the "sky-is-falling" contingent on FR. They are absolutely intolerant of any criticism of the media's reporting of the storm.
I've been here since 2006 and I am aghast at the in-fighting, personal hatred, and vitriol people now feel completely free and entitled to engage in and direct toward anyone with a reasoned and alternate viewpoint. These are typical Democrat left-wing tactics so why are they showing up on FR?