Hurricane season has arrived....
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Ian completely flooded out a Life Care nursing home in Orlando. Four feet of water in the building. First responders were getting them out with bass boats.
My sister in laws family home sits on the water in Crystal River where her family has lived for over 100 years. They’re just finishing a clean up from Helene. This might just wipe them out. ☹️
"Recorded history" means since we've had weather satellites.
So, 3 hurricanes in October or later for the first time in 50 years is statistically insignificant in your opinion?
In comparison to the amount of time an atmosphere has existed on this planet? It's not even an eye blink.
Based on maps, it looks like that building is surrounded by ponds.
I didn't say Orlando will experience zero effects. I just meant it will be okay for someone evacuating Tampa and doesn't want to deal with 100mph+ winds and storm surges. Better to deal with tropical storm conditions than major hurricane conditions.
If this is a major hurricane at landfall, then we'll see 100 mph+ winds from coast to coast.
I stood in the eye of Wilma in Boca Raton. The storm came from the west, just like this one. Florida's "land" doesn't slow them down much.
1. In Orlando, the worst winds will likely be coming from the south. This means they will be traveling over hundreds of miles of land and will have slowed down considerably. Boca Raton, being in South Florida, doesn't have much land to the southwest to slow down the wind.
2. Boca Raton is on the coast. Even on the opposite coast, being on the coast makes a big difference for the easterly winds.
For someone looking for a place to evacuate, Orlando is fine. Obviously, this assumes a relatively sturdy structure that isn't abutted by multiple surrounding bodies of water.
During Hurricane Charley, Orlando experienced sustained winds of about 85 mph and gusts of up to 106 mph at Orlando International Airport. Charley was a Category 4 hurricane when it made landfall near Cayo Costa, west of Fort Myers
I just found one of these noaa weather balloons on the beach fri. Looks like this one was in the ocean for a bit.
No it doesn’t ding bat. It means since humans have been writing accounts of storms and recording barometric pressure.
You know Trad will never admit he's wrong.
On a side note, the earth has been around for billions of years, yet there is only less than 100 years of recorded weather history, (obviously we have other means to determine climate in the far past, but not specific storm data). Crazy to think about the scale and the times we are living in.
How many humans were spread across the entire Atlantic on all dates during hurricane season to record these data?
Our company normally secures a block of rooms for these evacuation events. No such luck this time. Everything is booked solid.
Son lives in St Pete.
He called me this morning. Feeling the same way.
He lives 1 block from the inside of Tampa Bay.
12’ surge will wipe him out with water 3-4’ inside the house.
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St. Pete is just a big sandbar. A direct hit might overwash the entire island.
Hopefully your company is following the rules and reporting into the state EOC on your capacity for evacuating and generator power availability.
It was quite apparent after Irma that many abdicated that responsibility.
Why does that graphic say SAT and SUN? This is going to be a WED event.
My friend lives just north of st Pete beach, right on the gulf. Just past his pool and fence is the sand, or I should say, was the sand. After Helene, the sand was washed away and the water was right up to the fence. Another one is going to be a problem.
