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This is going to be a significant, significant storm,
We only had three the first time, but probably, I expect because of this surge in the way it’s coming in to be higher,
The trash has been lined up in our streets for over 11 days now. There's so much storm debris from last time, I haven't really seen any efforts to clean that up. So I don't know, [we are] kind of on our own here,
If at any time I feel threatened, I do have a life jacket I'll be wearing and I'm hoping to just kind of swim out. I've moved all my vehicles the past couple of days to higher, high-and-dry locations. So hopefully I can just kind of swim over to one of those and hang tight while the water recedes,
Some of my neighbors have smaller children. For me, it's just me. My house is my livelihood, so I plan on hunkering down. But I have seen other folks leave,
I've been recovering all week, removing drywall, and then the entire downstairs, my house was decimated. That's all sitting at the curb now. The city of Tampa told us to leave it on bag. So I have all this loose construction debris. My big concern is that debris clogging any kind of drainage systems and causing more problems or becoming missiles and or projectiles and damaging other property and things,
I wanted to fill up my tank. I had about half a tank and just want to top it off…it took 10 stations. They all have plastic over the pumps, and once I found an open station…folks [were] not lining up properly in queue people screaming, honking the horn. And the storm hasn't even got here yet. So terrifying,
If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris,
If the driving rain and wind isn't enough to convince you to remain sheltered in place, there is also the very real threat of tornadoes, even in the outer bands of #Milton,
the NWS posted on X about the tornadoes This area typically has the best wind shear and instability,
Tornado damage here in Fort Myers ahead of Hurricane #Milton making landfall,
national weather reporter Ali Reid posted on X, formerly Twitter No one should be confused; it's still expected to be one of the most and worst destructive hurricanes to hit Florida in over a century and sometimes moving just a few miles can be the difference between life and death,
he said from the Oval Office on Wednesday I know in hurricanes we focus on the wind speed - how strong are the winds - the wind isn't usually the killer in hurricanes; it's usually the water, the storm surge, the rainfall,
Sarah Griffin, a meteorology expert and associate researcher at the University of Madison-Wisconsin's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, told Reuters These extremely warm sea surface temperatures provide the fuel necessary for the rapid intensification that we saw taking place to occur,
said climate scientist Daniel Gilford of Climate Central, a nonprofit research group My wife's happy. We're not in that tin can,
If you choose to stay, make sure you have a life preserver handy,
she said during a CNN appearance We know that as human beings increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, largely by burning fossil fuels, we are increasing that temperature all around the planet,
I want people to hear from me directly, FEMA is ready,
I don't believe people are waiting for the last moment today,
said Henry, as rain hammered the shuttle's roof I am nervous. This is something we just went through with the other storm – ground saturated, still recovering from that,
Sarasota resident Randy Prior, who owns a pool business, told AFP