While it won’t be Category 5 when it reaches Florida, life is going to suck for people living on the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, which will get brushed by this storm.
While the models are in pretty tight alignment, the exact location of landfall will be critical, particularly for Tampa Bay. The absolute worst case would have the eye passing just north of the bay, maximizing the storm surge into a catastrophic monster.
Western Orlando will see significant damage regardless of exact landfall. The east coast should get off fairly easy.
Milton’s 160 MPH still falls well short of Patricia’s record 215 MPH.
Milton’s 925 millibars is also well short of Wilma’s 882 millibars.
We’re in Palm Beach county about 15 miles south of WPB and 6 miles west of the coast. It’s been raining nearly every day since we caught “outer bands” of Helene. Some of the lakes in the communities are beginning to overflow the banks onto the roadways. With more rain expected I hope the Water Management people have their ■■■■ together this time opening gates to allow the canals to drain these ponds and lakes.
“This is your first time saying that so you need to like totes let it go!” says the perpetually lonely crows with the near-sexual obsession with Trump.
A homeowner’s association did that in their community two weeks ago when Helene brushed us.
It kept the community from flooding. Even though they have a permit, cost of $4,000.00, to pump the water from the retention pond, they’d be fined $10,000.00.
Florida’s storm management systems have been refined over the years having proven results.
The federal goobermint is a bloated bureaucracy that trips over itself and can’t get out of its own ■■■■■■■ way.
Why should DeSantis give those oafs the opportunity to remotely be associated with the way Florida handles their business?
