If the storm stays on the current track, it will be the worst storm to impact the Tampa area in over 100 years,
We want to assure everyone we have the resources to respond to both Helene and Milton,
We’re going to do our best to pick it up. If you do feel that it is going to become a projectile, you can secure that pile. Put it up against a tree, put it behind a fence,
Insurance markets already under siege from climate-related disasters are likely to buckle further under the weight of claims from these back-to-back storms,
You’ve got a limited number of people in any one place who can pick up trash, who can fix utilities, who can fix roofs and plumbing,
That kind of back-to-back disaster, it just compounds every aspect of recovery,
We can rebuild, we can repair, we can deal with the aftermath,
It’s worth emphasizing that this is a very serious situation, and residents in Florida should closely follow orders from their local emergency management officials,
We are trying to prepare our home best we can inside and pack up to leave to go to my daughters',
Helene was a wake-up call, this is literally catastrophic,
It's a matter of life and death, and that's not hyperbole,
I think it's better to be here in case something happens,
I fear that he really lacks empathy on a very basic level,
Our home is unlivable and we are evacuating inland but I can barely contain my rage at the oil companies that have allowed unchecked climate pollution so they can profit,
West coast Florida residents like myself are looking at as much as 15 feet (4.5m) of storm surge – double what we saw with hurricane Helene,
That level of storm surge would be catastrophic for the Tampa metro area, inundating low-lying areas,
It’s a huge population. It’s very exposed, very inexperienced, and that’s a losing proposition,
The warming from climate pollution is causing seas to rise, extreme heat, monster hurricanes and storm surge,
On the one hand, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to reduce inflation. However, the storms cause inflation by increasing the costs of goods,
Milton can result in significant losses of vegetables and fruit crops such as oranges and tomatoes, which can have an even greater impact than Helene on agriculture,