Hurricane Milton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP again.


Milton's IKE has increased to 78 TJ.


Prior to landfall, here are the IKE measures of other hurricanes and storms:

Hurricane Charley 2004 was 12 TJ.

Hurricane Helene 2024 was 100 TJ.

Hurricane Katrina 2005 was 120 TJ.

Superstorm Sandy 2012 was 330 TJ.


As a reminder, Integrated Kinetic Energy, or IKE is the measure of the destructive potential of a hurricane or storm.

Why do you keep posting these details? You sound like AI.

It says a lot about you that you rush to confuse AI with people who post to inform, instead of posting for banter or argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP again.


Milton's IKE has increased to 78 TJ.


Prior to landfall, here are the IKE measures of other hurricanes and storms:

Hurricane Charley 2004 was 12 TJ.

Hurricane Helene 2024 was 100 TJ.

Hurricane Katrina 2005 was 120 TJ.

Superstorm Sandy 2012 was 330 TJ.


As a reminder, Integrated Kinetic Energy, or IKE is the measure of the destructive potential of a hurricane or storm.

Why do you keep posting these details? You sound like AI.

DP. I appreciate the updates. I have family in Florida and friends in Tampa, as do many people I know. We're very concerned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sad for the people of FL. Have they even recovered from the last hurricane yet? The news hasn't covered much at all. I have no idea if people are still out of power.

I do and I don't. These people choose to live in a state with a massive risk for yearly catastrophic weather. They don't pay a state income tax and my federal tax dollars go to bail them out again and again. There are 49 other nice states to live in. I'm so sick of the entitlement. People want to talk about government handouts? How much does rebuilding Florida three times a year cost us?

Whhhhaaatttt? Do you want to discuss CA bail outs that aren't related to unpreventable nature disasters you dolt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP again.


Milton's IKE has increased to 78 TJ.


Prior to landfall, here are the IKE measures of other hurricanes and storms:

Hurricane Charley 2004 was 12 TJ.

Hurricane Helene 2024 was 100 TJ.

Hurricane Katrina 2005 was 120 TJ.

Superstorm Sandy 2012 was 330 TJ.


As a reminder, Integrated Kinetic Energy, or IKE is the measure of the destructive potential of a hurricane or storm.

Why do you keep posting these details? You sound like AI.

DP. I appreciate the updates. I have family in Florida and friends in Tampa, as do many people I know. We're very concerned.

I do too. I'm here experiencing it. It's good to know this info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP again.


Milton's IKE has increased to 78 TJ.


Prior to landfall, here are the IKE measures of other hurricanes and storms:

Hurricane Charley 2004 was 12 TJ.

Hurricane Helene 2024 was 100 TJ.

Hurricane Katrina 2005 was 120 TJ.

Superstorm Sandy 2012 was 330 TJ.


As a reminder, Integrated Kinetic Energy, or IKE is the measure of the destructive potential of a hurricane or storm.

Why do you keep posting these details? You sound like AI.

NP. I find it really interesting. Keep posting, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sad for the people of FL. Have they even recovered from the last hurricane yet? The news hasn't covered much at all. I have no idea if people are still out of power.

I do and I don't. These people choose to live in a state with a massive risk for yearly catastrophic weather. They don't pay a state income tax and my federal tax dollars go to bail them out again and again. There are 49 other nice states to live in. I'm so sick of the entitlement. People want to talk about government handouts? How much does rebuilding Florida three times a year cost us?

None of the 49 other states ever got federal tax dollars for a weather event?

I do agree that people should not be living directly on the coast-I say this as someone who lives several miles inland.

What other state has predictable, life and property ravaging weather events EVERY YEAR?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel sad for the people of FL. Have they even recovered from the last hurricane yet? The news hasn't covered much at all. I have no idea if people are still out of power.

I do and I don't. These people choose to live in a state with a massive risk for yearly catastrophic weather. They don't pay a state income tax and my federal tax dollars go to bail them out again and again. There are 49 other nice states to live in. I'm so sick of the entitlement. People want to talk about government handouts? How much does rebuilding Florida three times a year cost us?

None of the 49 other states ever got federal tax dollars for a weather event?

I do agree that people should not be living directly on the coast-I say this as someone who lives several miles inland.

What other state has predictable, life and property ravaging weather events EVERY YEAR?

California.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

Not in front of my computer right now, but major flooding at landfall, as expected, and sadly 6 fatalities already.

[Anonymous]

I'm in Hernando county, no power and very windy

[Anonymous]

OP again.

Landfall occurred at 8:30pm at Siesta Key, Sarasota County.

More details on flooding and wind:

Tampa - St Petersburg: 5 inches of rain in the past hour and more to come. Wind gusts at 90mph.

Pinellas: Water is nearly entering homes in non-evacuation, non-flood zones. Homes in evacuation zone C are in water.

Punta Gorda: storm surge of 5 feet in the past 30 minutes.

[Anonymous]

126 tornado warnings were issued today by the National Weather Service offices in Florida, a record for the state.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP here.

Not in front of my computer right now, but major flooding at landfall, as expected, and sadly 6 fatalities already.

How?

[Anonymous]

I appreciate any updates, thank you for sharing these!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP here.

Not in front of my computer right now, but major flooding at landfall, as expected, and sadly 6 fatalities already.

How?

I don't have that information, sorry.


Backside winds are gusting to 100mph in Sarasota. Storm surge is coming in rapidly.

16 inches of rain measured at St Petersburg airport.