That was a badass storm. Got through with no major damage but there are trees down everywhere. Can't imagine what it is like in the eye zone
Hurricane season has arrived....
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Probably going to be more destruction associated with the tornadoes spawned by an afternoon band that went across southern/central Florida than the winds of the hurricane eye itself.
Storm surge will still be biggest destroyer overall.
Tradition Manor suffered some siding and soffit damage. Tree debris is everywhere. Lake Tradition flooded the lower back yard (which was expected). The swimming pool is overflowing. I don't know how much rain we received because the rain gauge only holds 6 inches.
Glad you’re okay.
There are scattered reports of minor street flooding and some tree damage here in Duval County (Jacksonville) but no widespread power outages. My house is fine and I put a few more palm fronds out at the curb but all is well.
It could have been worse and glad you and Mrs. Tradition are okay.
That had to be a tornado right?I have good news and bad news....
The good news is the roof didn't blow away.
The bad news is:
I see our forensic interview systems off in much of central and south Florida. Usually on 24-7, but some may have been shut down as precaution.
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Tornado winds to pick up that dump trailer for sure.
Major flooding in Volusia County. People are being rescued by boats. Roads washed out, including U.S. 17-92.
Hurricane Milton aftermath: Buckled roadways, fallen trees and massive flooding in Volusia County
Photos and videos of damage left behind in Volusia County after Hurricane Milton swept across Central Florida.
DFS you probably know this since you’re a contractor but there used to be different building codes in Florida and Dade County (Miami) had its own for years.
I think the rest of the state has now adopted the Dade County code. Much sturdier code and then the requirement to use “hurricane clips” for roofing has helped too. Still serious damage but the strength of the recent storms and tornadoes have increased the resulting aftermath.
And lots of short cuts and bribes of building inspectors back in the day. I’m sure it still exists but who knows to what degree.
LOL!
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Anderson Cooper Hit In The Face By Flying Debris While Covering Hurricane Milton Live For CNN
The CNN anchor braves the Category 3 storm close to where it makes landfall and suffers a direct hit himself on live TV.
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I heard today the roof was rated to withstand up to 105mph. I would guess there have been very few times it has been hit by winds exceeding that in it's existence.
The building code is updated fairly regularly. After Andrew, Miami Dade adopted its own wind-related codes. Many counties started using those until an update adopted them for the entire state. It was at the time the new wind zones were established.
Sure, there was some of that but it was more due to understaffed buliding departments that couldn't keep up with the number of inspections being requested.
Are we sure that wasn’t spooge from Shepard Smith?LOL!
Anderson Cooper Hit In The Face By Flying Debris While Covering Hurricane Milton Live For CNN
The CNN anchor braves the Category 3 storm close to where it makes landfall and suffers a direct hit himself on live TV.
Florida knows how to recover from a storm! Walt Disney World will reopen tomorrow for regular operating hours.
I mean, can we all just agree that this is weird behavior? And getting old.
He's definitely a nerdy, weird dude... but I trust Ron over Kamala for emergency management 100 percent.
It's laughable of course. And no, a large part of the country is incapable of seeing how weird and dangerous this is.
Most of them think this behavior is great because he’s “owning the libs.” DeSaster is almost as much of an adolescent as Orange Julius Caesar.
Any group who keeps bashing the federal government for personal political reasons is dangerous to any democracy. That's what we've been seeing with all of this FEMA nonsense.
How so? You mean he’s tiring of all the junior journos trying to ask gotcha questions?
Ron has activated the most National Guard troops in Florida history to deal with the Milton situation.
That's what leadership looks like.
To some extent I don’t think anyone can argue your point.
If you’ll pass that along to the rabble rousers on social media that would be great.
Sounds so reasonable - but what it does is expose that you are out of intelligent responses.
That wasn't meant to be intelligent. That was just a freebee that I threw in there.
