Posted on 10/08/2024 5:24:51 PM PDT by RummyChick
Bringing 155mph winds and storm surges of up to 15 feet to major cities including Tampa, Orlando, and Fort Myers, experts have warned Milton is expected to be even more destructive than Hurricane Helene.
Scientists have suggested that the damage to Florida's west coast could be permanently altering after the two storms in such short notice, as Hurricane Helene hit just weeks ago.
Helene struck some of the same areas last month and killed 230 people.
As Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida, millions of people who were placed under mandatory evacuation orders are attempting to flee, causing travel mayhem and gridlock on the roads.
It is now too dangerous to fly from Tampa International Airport, which closed indefinitely at 9am on Tuesday.
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you have to scroll down but they are predicting 100 percent erosion of beaches facing ocean due to storm surge
it’s a sandbar. it’s supposed to be under water most of the time.
bttt
I saw something yesterday indicating that it would be Category III when it hit land.That doesn’t sound like anything historic.
Texas is gonna be jealous.
Whatever is left from Helene I suppose.
Gulf coastlines have always been changing — FOREVER.
And our coastlines will continue to change again.
Not me!
OK. Is that for real or just wishful thinking?
https://x.com/BigMicMcDowells/status/1843740296963862951
@BigMicMcDowells
FUN FACT: This is actually a GS-15 FEMA employee’s car. The plastic wrap was intended to be used for sandwiches to be handed out to first responders and newly homeless hurricane victims.
Glad I passed on that cool place on the water at Snell Island
blah blah blah
the media is hyping crap.
yes it is a dangerous storm. we can say that without hyperbole.
The dark forces (CHINA/DEEP STATE/U.S. GOV’T) have gotten REALLY good and MODIFYING the severity of hurricanes.
here is a pic of neighborhoods from Helene Hurricane
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1843756858143846462
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