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Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Milton now ranks as the third-greatest 24-hour wind speed intensification for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. (Records are based on data since the satellite era began in the 1960s.)

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 294 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Good thing they removed climate change from being a thing discussed in the legislature. That should fix things.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They forgot to make a law against it!

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[–] clgoh@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 month ago

SCOTUS should declare climate change unconstitutional.

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where’s the magic sharpie when you need it?

[–] ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anyone got a nuke? I have an idea.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 191 points 1 month ago (8 children)

This graphic from The Weather Channel is terrifying.

Most tsunamis are less than 10 feet high

https://www.weather.gov/safety/tsunami-about

Cities can't be protected from this long-term.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 119 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If only we could have foreseen this somehow

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[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 81 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Excuse me, is that feet???

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (23 children)
[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Could be worse... at least it's not in Meters.

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[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

That image is in meters, so it's bad, but not quite as bad at first glance.

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[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm surprised DeSantis hasn't required that the storm surge be listed in meters to make it appear smaller and less of an issue.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 month ago

Meters are communist. He's dumb enough to require it be listed in leagues.

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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh shit, those numbers are feet, not inches. That took me a moment. Fuuuuuck.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 98 points 1 month ago (6 children)

So is trump at Mar a Lego right now standing proudly on the front lawn for this? Is he staying there, "standing his ground" against the "climate hoax"?

Or is he hiding somewhere else safe, with an excuse, like a coward who's actually afraid of climate change?

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 95 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Good thing DeSantis won't pick up the phone from Biden or Harris to start funding relief.

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[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 93 points 1 month ago (16 children)

At least the insurance companies will only have to rebuild some houses once after 2 hurricanes

[–] Today@lemmy.world 124 points 1 month ago (6 children)

If your policy covers wind they claim the damage is from water. If your policy covers water, they claim the damage is from wind. If your policy covers both, they claim a hurricane is exempt as an act of god.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 57 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Insurance companies don't build shit. They just collect money from people, and sometimes give some of it back.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They're actually required to give 85% of everything back, so they give back most of it. It seems like Florida is becoming too much of a hassle to insure, though. Some companies have pulled out of florida.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Everyone in FL should have pulled out.

This joke works on multiple levels and I'm happy about that.

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[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Currently in my house in Florida, where I am looks to be not on the direct path but not completely free. Hurricanes can move a lot, especially when they get on land and staet losing speed.

Once we evacuated 5 hours in a car with all our animals (at the time 2 big sweaty dogs) in a car that wasnt even the size of a minivan. We packed everything we needed just in case. Once we got inside the hotel we booked we took a ~2 hour nap and upon checking the storm again it had moved to come right to where the hotel is. We then had to drive 5 hours BACK home where we began.

Anyhoo, wish us luck! I don't wanna evacuate with 4 cats and a large dog haha

UPDATE: 5:30 10/8
I got 5+ 'amber alerts' today. They just wouldn't stop haha

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago
[–] Tja@programming.dev 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Someone had a word quota to fill.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

NOAA changed Milton's heading on Hurricanes.gov to plead with people to listen to evacuation orders.

We'll all be very happy to feel silly if this doesn't go the way it looks like it's going to go. But please for the love of humanity get out of the way of this thing.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (4 children)

My friend lives in Florida and has not, nor his words "will ever" evacuate for a "stupid hurricane." I'll give you one guess who he's voting for.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 37 points 1 month ago

That's one way for Florida to go blue

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I guess their god doesn't like florida. I wonder why?

On a more serious note I really hope all the decent people of florida the best of luck. To the rest I hope you only get thoughts and prayers.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks....I'm trying to make the place suck less

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm gonna tell myself that this is finally bad enough to spur widespread action on global warming as a way of feeling better about it and you can all preemptively shut up with your reality checks.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tbh I've learned a lot about how thermal energy affects these storms and I gotta say, the only people who are gonna be living in Florida 20 years from now are people who live in submarines.

We ought to be executing oil company CEOs for treason.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hurricanes don't like it when you ban books. Prayin for you, florida man.

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[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Florida... Give him back his stapler, like right now.

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[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Climate change isn't real"

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[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 36 points 1 month ago
[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 month ago

Cat 5 don’t fuck around.

Good luck Florida.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What. The. Fuck.

I'm watching the live stream from WFLA, which is a St. Petersburg station. He's a photo of a bridge leaving the area right now (just after noon on Tuesday Florida time.)

Either most people with cars have evacuated or there are a lot of people who may learn the last lesson of their lives. I hope the former.

Also, the eye apparently will pass right over Cape Canaveral.

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[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago

Time to break out the Sharpie and fix this, Donald!

[–] odium@programming.dev 27 points 1 month ago
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Ohh shit.

So how much overlap is there with the previous Helene path?

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Minimal. Helene went north, and really only hit the pan handle area, Milton is going East and is going to pass through the middle of Florida.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Even though it was like 100 miles off shore, the Tampa Bay area had an 8 foot storm surge with Helene that killed 12 people and ruined tens of thousands of homes and businesses. There are piles of debris everywhere along the coast that are going to become projectiles in hurricane force winds of they can't be picked up in time. Almost the entire western coast of Florida saw significant impact from Helene

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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surely climate change had nothing to do with this!

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[–] SmokumJoe@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (8 children)

You would think religious people would say this is a sign. They probably do but apply it in the wrong direction.

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