Hurricane Milton

Kippaxpete said:
Have you been watching live updates? Widespread devastation, three million without electricity and numerous deaths reported. How bad would you like it to be? It's worth adding that worst case scenario planning based on the best information available at the time is not crying wolf but responsible emergency management in what is, by its very nature, a rapidly changing situation.
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Nobody is suggesting all coverage is "cry wolf" merely that there is a lot of it. It was this video that sparked the comments.

 
There are some very strange comments in this thread—not really sure the purpose of them.

At any rate, it seems Milton has done quite a bit of damage, with reports thus far of quite a few people sadly being killed (primarily by tornados spawned by the storm, but I imagine that will change as the full extent of the impact is revealed, unfortunately), though, it seems Tampa’s luck has continued, as it missed the worst of it.

Authorities have been shown to be right to evacuate—anyone arguing otherwise doesn’t understand how dangerous these storms are, how vulnerable these parts of Florida are to them, and what had just come before with Helene.

Hoping @Mad Eyed Screamer ‘s trailer survives unscathed and blues in Florida are safe and sound, as well.
 
SebastianBlue said:
There are some very strange comments in this thread—not really sure the purpose of them.

At any rate, it seems Milton has done quite a bit of damage, with reports thus far of quite a few people sadly being killed (primarily by tornados spawned by the storm, but I imagine that will change as the full extent of the impact is revealed, unfortunately), though, it seems Tampa’s luck has continued, as it missed the worst of it.

Authorities have been shown to be right to evacuate—anyone arguing otherwise doesn’t understand how dangerous these storms are, how vulnerable these parts of Florida are to them, and what had just come before with Helene.

Hoping @Mad Eyed Screamer ‘s trailer survives unscathed and blues in Florida are safe and sound, as well.
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Unless I missed the posts I'm pretty sure no one stated that people designated as being in evacuation zones actually didn't need to evacuate?
 
SebastianBlue said:
There are some very strange comments in this thread—not really sure the purpose of them.

At any rate, it seems Milton has done quite a bit of damage, with reports thus far of quite a few people sadly being killed (primarily by tornados spawned by the storm, but I imagine that will change as the full extent of the impact is revealed, unfortunately), though, it seems Tampa’s luck has continued, as it missed the worst of it.

Authorities have been shown to be right to evacuate—anyone arguing otherwise doesn’t understand how dangerous these storms are, how vulnerable these parts of Florida are to them, and what had just come before with Helene.

Hoping @Mad Eyed Screamer ‘s trailer survives unscathed and blues in Florida are safe and sound, as well.
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The word from the park is a lot of trees and branches are down and definitely 3 homes took a hit from trees but haven’t heard specifically about mine yet.
My daughter said she probably can’t get there until tomorrow as she doesn’t have enough petrol (gas) to get there and back and everywhere is sold out
 
SebastianBlue said:
A video from 6 years ago?
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We were discussing how reporters sensationalize around hurricanes generally not this one specifically!
After watching that ridiculous attempt to make conditions worse than they were your only thought was "it was 6 years ago"? Wow!
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
The word from the park is a lot of trees and branches are down and definitely 3 homes took a hit from trees but haven’t heard specifically about mine yet.
My daughter said she probably can’t get there until tomorrow as she doesn’t have enough petrol (gas) to get there and back and everywhere is sold out
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Just saw that Tampa and the surrounding counties have issued a shelter in place and no travel order for those that evacuated so emergency services can work through the city and major roads to clear downed lines, trees, debris, and to allow for high tide to come in (as it is likely to lead to more flooding).
 
blueste41 said:
We were discussing how reporters sensationalize around hurricanes generally not this one specifically!
After watching that ridiculous attempt to make conditions worse than they were your only thought was "it was 6 years ago"? Wow!
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@bluethrunthru mentioned authorities “crying wolf”, presumably regarding warnings of possible danger from the hurricane and forcing evacuations, to which you seemed to indicate you agreed. And some of your other posts gave the impression that you thought the build up to the storm was overblown (pardon the pun), so that is why I and others thought you were speaking about this storm specifically.

And my thought was “it was 6 years go” because the channels have been called out quite often since and have become less likely to brazenly do it now, which is why using a 6 year old video is a dubious method of making a point about sensationalism now.

I am sure there will be examples from Milton, but you’ll have to share those when they come up if you want to make a convincing point.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
TikTok star Joe Malinowski, better known as Lieutenant Dan, appears to have survived the worst of the storm.

He has attracted viral fame for his continued defiance of orders from officials to evacuate, insisting he would be staying on his 20ft boat in Tampa Bay despite the devastating incoming hurricane.

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He'll be on tv shows and could get a social media deal etc, millionaire for life if he chooses.
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Im glad he survived but he shouldnt get rewarded for being a fucking moron and putting other people at risk.
 
SebastianBlue said:
@bluethrunthru mentioned authorities “crying wolf”, presumably regarding warnings of possible danger from the hurricane and forcing evacuations, to which you seemed to indicate you agreed. And some of your other posts gave the impression that you thought the build up to the storm was overblown (pardon the pun), so that is why I and others thought you were speaking about this storm specifically.

And my thought was “it was 6 years go” because the channels have been called out quite often since and have become less likely to brazenly do it now, which is why using a 6 year old video is a dubious method of making a point about sensationalism now.
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Ah ok, my comments were around journalists reporting only I did not mean to underplay what authorities say-I would always take authorit instructions at face value without question and would advise others to do the same. Sorry if my understanding of somebody else's post has lead you to believe anything to the contrary.
I honestly though the only people accused of "crying wolf" were the media.
 
blueste41 said:
Ah ok, my comments were around journalists reporting only I did not mean to underplay what authorities say-I would also take authority instructions at face value without question and would advise others to do the same. Sorry if my understanding of somebody else's post has lead you to believe anything to the contrary.
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No worries, mate.

I just take this sort of thing quite seriously, because I know people who have had their lives destroyed in storms like these, in the UK, US, and Germany, including someone in North Carolina (who has lost everything in Helene).

And a lot of the opposition and distrust in guidance (or even lawful orders) from authorities in these cases, which is unfortunately rampant in the US, and has become more prevalent in the UK and elsewhere, began on online forums like this one. So I just always take any hint of it as dangerous, if that makes sense.
 
SebastianBlue said:
A video from 6 years ago?
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Reporter on CNN doing it right now saying that although the storm has passed over Florida conditions are still "very dangerous" on the East coast where there are still "very high" winds, hurricane tracking shows the highest winds currently on the East coast are 25mph we had winds of 45mph in England just last week!
 
blueste41 said:
Reporter on CNN doing it right now saying that although the storm has passed over Florida conditions are still "very dangerous" on the East coast where there are still "very high" winds, hurricane tracking shows the highest winds currently on the East coast are 25mph we had winds of 45mph in England just last week!
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Can’t speak to that coverage, which could well be exaggerated, but Orlando is still seeing upwards of 60 mph gusts (which can take down trees, as the storm that came through where I am and sent a tree in to my house last year illustrates) and authorities on both coasts of Florida are currently warning evacuees not to return to their homes as the danger is not over due to high tide coming in as the bays, inlets, and rivers are already high from the immense amount of rain that Milton brought (St. Petersburg got over 16 inches, which is rated as a 1000 year event for the area) and there are downed power lines, trees, and loose debris everywhere.
 
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