We are already very saturated. It's not going to take much water, and rainfall well ahead of this storm is going to put rivers into flood already,
Most of our rivers in west central and south Florida will be going into some stage of flood over the coming days,
Do you live near a river, canal or creek? As Hurricane #Milton approaches the Florida West Coast, please keep in mind that storm surge can travel inland up these waterways,
There's never been one like this,
It all depends on the river,
Some of us may have had it in the backs of our minds that it's going to turn or it's going to miss us,
Pinellas County is asking anyone who has not yet evacuated to do so now,
Pinellas County will continue to provide updates on potable water service and sewer service before, during and after the storm via email and text alerts to utilities' customer account holders,
This is playing out to be one of our worst case scenarios for our area,
There is really no frame of reference for what that looks like here,
Tampa is considerably better off in terms of infrastructure from two years ago and vastly better than 10 years ago,
As it exists currently, our system does need upgrades, especially as Tampa continues to grow,
Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,
Now is the time to execute your plan ... but that time is running out,
This storm is so strong, big, it's unreal,
This interactive map enables individuals to identify facilities that handle hazardous materials in the storm's path,
The official forecast shows the hurricane and tropical-storm-force winds roughly doubling in size by the time it makes landfall. Damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge, and heavy rainfall will extend well outside the forecast cone,
Unfortunately, as past storms have shown us, those residing near the major polluters in Milton's trajectory might face the true disaster in the aftermath of the storm,
This is the type of storm that too many people get fixated on the category and the track and they really need to be listening to the local weather services offices and the hurricane center on impacts,
I have the feeling everything that’s still standing will become debris and you won’t be able to distinguish it,