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What. The. Fuck.
I'm watching the live stream from WFLA, which is a St. Petersburg station. He's a photo of a bridge leaving the area right now (just after noon on Tuesday Florida time.)
Either most people with cars have evacuated or there are a lot of people who may learn the last lesson of their lives. I hope the former.
Also, the eye apparently will pass right over Cape Canaveral.
You would think religious people would say this is a sign. They probably do but apply it in the wrong direction.
Florida... Give him back his stapler, like right now.
Ok, I, I set the state on fire.
I was told I could inundate Tampa at a reasonable volume from 9 to 11
"Climate change isn't real"
Don't look up
Don't hurricanes normally go the other way? I thought they normally blow towards the southwest?
Not since Democrats got behind the controls. /S
Gulf hurricanes can do this, and they can become some of the strongest hurricanes very quickly. One or two of the massive storms in 2005 were gulf hurricanes
Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.
Someone had a word quota to fill.
Probably submitted the article with 1.1 line spacing and 13 point font
Hopefully it'll take out that twat with the giant forehead
Hurricanes don't like it when you ban books. Prayin for you, florida man.
TBH a lot of whats about to happen to Florida in the coming months will be self inflicted because of their politics.
florida is like 55% republican. I'd wager many know how dumb it is
NOAA changed Milton's heading on Hurricanes.gov to plead with people to listen to evacuation orders.
We'll all be very happy to feel silly if this doesn't go the way it looks like it's going to go. But please for the love of humanity get out of the way of this thing.
I've lived in the Tampa Bay area my entire life, never evacuated before, and I left last night. Fuck Milton. Not worth riding this one out.
I was listening to a live stream with a couple meteorologists explaining everything. they were fairly jovial and laid back seeming guys but at one point, one of them got a deadly serious tone to his voice and started talking about how this one can't be rode out, can't be survived.
Why evacuate? Just write your name, DoB, and SSN on our arms and legs, and use a waterproof sharpie for that. Just in case, you know?
My friend lives in Florida and has not, nor his words "will ever" evacuate for a "stupid hurricane." I'll give you one guess who he's voting for.
That's one way for Florida to go blue
The game I almost never lose!
oh fuck me. Well I lost a different game after typing that.
I just lost too....jerk!
I'm gonna tell myself that this is finally bad enough to spur widespread action on global warming as a way of feeling better about it and you can all preemptively shut up with your reality checks.
In Germany more than 200 people died in a severe flooding in 2021. Just 2 month prior the conservative party CDU removed flood protection laws in one of the states most affected. In one of the towns completely destroyed they were again voted strongest just a few months later.
I’m gonna tell myself that this is finally bad enough to spur widespread action on global warming
I, too, want to believe that humans are capable for caring enough about themselves, each other, and their descendants in order to put in place measures to make the world better for everyone.
Tbh I've learned a lot about how thermal energy affects these storms and I gotta say, the only people who are gonna be living in Florida 20 years from now are people who live in submarines.
We ought to be executing oil company CEOs for treason.
Currently in my house in Florida, where I am looks to be not on the direct path but not completely free. Hurricanes can move a lot, especially when they get on land and staet losing speed.
Once we evacuated 5 hours in a car with all our animals (at the time 2 big sweaty dogs) in a car that wasnt even the size of a minivan. We packed everything we needed just in case. Once we got inside the hotel we booked we took a ~2 hour nap and upon checking the storm again it had moved to come right to where the hotel is. We then had to drive 5 hours BACK home where we began.
Anyhoo, wish us luck! I don't wanna evacuate with 4 cats and a large dog haha