Not only could Tampa Bay not have a massive storm surge, but it could actually go negative, slightly draining like Tampa Bay did with Ian. Not good for Sarasota, Siesta Key, Venice, & Englewood with 10 foot or greater storm surge,
This is the real deal here with Milton. If you want to take on Mother Nature, she wins 100 percent of the time."
I think we’ll just hang, you know - tough it out. We got shutters up. The house is all ready. So this is sort of the last piece of the puzzle.”
Due to adverse weather conditions expected to be caused by Hurricane Milton, a state of emergency has been declared in Florida. Unfortunately, this has impacted Virgin Atlantic’s flying schedule, and services to and from Orlando and Tampa are subject to cancellations and delays."
Water is a blessing to have but it is very deadly.”
Now if this amount of water catches you by surprise it's too late to evacuate,
Imagine 6-feet, now this completely floods out first floors of homes and business and only way to escape that is to move to the higher ground.”
The 3D artists at the weather channel deserve a raise for this insane visual, ... Insane graphics. Thoughts and prayers for Florida and others.”
Imagine 3 feet of storm surge right here,
We are closely monitoring the path of the projected storm, and the safety of our Guests and Cast Members remains our top priority. Looking ahead, we are making adjustments based on the latest weather forecast and some areas with unique environments."
Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,
Evacuate now, now, now,
The climate crisis is here. It’s not a future problem, it’s a today problem, and it merits all of our attention.”
As the temperature of the planet increases, my confidence in forecasting storm intensity is decreasing.” ... I am afraid of rapid intensification cycles happening at the drop of a hat.”
But it wasn’t an exaggeration,
The Florida west coast is very sensitive to storm surge. It doesn’t take much to push water over land that would be dry,
More intense storms are going to be able to move more water, and large storms are going to move more water,
The continental shelf is quite shallow,
This is the ocean coming into your living rooms,
We still can't pinpoint an exact landfall location, especially if additional wobbles occur in the short term,