Hurricane Milton - Another Florida Gulf Coast System inbound

[GTLINZ]

This is a monster. Now 175MPH ....

 

[TheHolleys87]

@moonstone, best wishes to your DS and DDiL. They've done all they can.

Also, best wishes to everyone else in the path of this monster. I hope everyone heeds evacuation orders and other warnings, and that the outcome is far less than what's possible.

 

[moonstone]

@TUGBrian -when Helene was approaching you posted a link to a zoom earth page - I cant get it to switch to Milton. Do you have another link for Milton please?


~Diane

ETA; -Never mind I got it to switch to Milton -thanks anyway.

 

[TUGBrian]

are no expectations for it to maintain that kind of power by the time it gets to land.

 

[TUGBrian]

here is the interactive tracker map for milton

Major Hurricane Milton LIVE Tracker, Updates & Forecast | Zoom Earth

Live tracking map, satellite images and forecasts of Major Hurricane Milton 2024 in the Gulf of Mexico. Current wind speed 175mph.

zoom.earth

 

[ScoopKona]

The lowest recorded barometric pressure in history is 870mb. The Great Labor Day Hurricane which obliterated Islamorada and the Overseas Railroad had a pressure of 892mb. Milton and his red stapler is currently sitting at 911mb.

 

[LMD]

Stay Safe @LMD, our TS in Naples, just finished clearing all of the sand off our pool decks on both the bay and gulf side last Saturday. I so hope its not as bad as Helene

Thanks! I was lucky to find tickets to go to upstate NY out of FLL tomorrow for myself and daughter for only $300 r/t and have been on the fence but now it looks like we should go. Hubby will stay here with his life jacket We are in zone C but did not flood with Ian. A and B have a mandatory evacuation already so I am sure C will be announced by tomorrow. High anxiety!!!! I feel so bad for the area up where the TS is I am pretty sure they are going to get a bad surge

 

[rapmarks]

I am in zone A. Shutters not up. My guy says late tonight or in the morning. Terrifying!

 

[TUGBrian]

latest storm surge forecast....if that holds true....i cant even imagine.

 

[dioxide45]

latest storm surge forecast....if that holds true....i cant even imagine.


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Are you in an evacuation zone?

 

[Glynda]

Looks like we will miss this one too. Helene was basically a non-event for us. Hubby and I often talk about moving out of the path of storms. We had settled on Upstate SC or Asheville, NC. St Who would have thought?

My home town of Ft Myers announced an evacuation of Ft Myers Beach for Milton. How much more can Florida take?

 

[Panina]

I am in zone A. Shutters not up. My guy says late tonight or in the morning. Terrifying!

Why are you not leaving? Please try to get to a safe place.

 

[rapmarks]

Why are you not leaving? Please try to get to a safe place.

I am in Wisconsin.and I just saw my shutter guy arrive on my cameras. Hurrah!

 

[TUGBrian]

Are you in an evacuation zone?

not at all...not any risk of flooding.

was more concerned for tampa bay.

 

[TUGBrian]

all the models converging at this point.... so very heartbroken for the tampa to naples corridor assuming all this holds true for the next few days.

 

[slip]

I just talked to a friend of mine who just moved to Spring Hill just north of Tampa a few months ago. They had rented a place to evacuate to but just got a call and it was canceled. They decided to stay and ride it out. I pray all goes well.

 

[pedro47]

Oh no. We start our drive to Orlando on Tuesday. Who will arrive first, Milton or us?

You may need to book a one night hotel stay somewhere on I-95. IMHO

 

[pedro47]

Oh no. We start our drive to Orlando on Tuesday. Who will arrive first, Milton or us?

Double post. I'm deleting one post.

 

[pedro47]

Something strange is going on slip and I have double posts in the last 15 minutes on this thread.

 

[slip]

Something strange is going on slip and I have double posts in the last 15 minutes on this thread.

I had that problem once a few years ago. It happened a few times but then just went away.

 

[AnnaS]

Oh no. We start our drive to Orlando on Tuesday. Who will arrive first, Milton or us?

Tomorrow? Let us know how you make out.

I pray everyone is safe in it's path. So scary and sad.

 

[moonstone]

latest storm surge forecast....if that holds true....i cant even imagine.


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Just going to be total devastation in the Tampa area especially.
Our DS will be watching his cameras as his main floor sits at 13'6" ASL. If it gets to 18ft his boat may be torn from the lift although DiL did put a couple of extra ropes on it and tied it to the frame of the dock before she left.

~Diane

 

[TUGBrian]

some updated forecasts with wind speeds

 

[Laurie]

The lowest recorded barometric pressure in history is 870mb. The Great Labor Day Hurricane which obliterated Islamorada and the Overseas Railroad had a pressure of 892mb. Milton and his red stapler is currently sitting at 911mb.

At 8 pm today Monday, pressure is 897. Matt Devitt of WINK Weather just wrote:
"UPDATE: As of 8 PM, pressure now down to 897 mb with winds of 180 mph inside Category 5 Hurricane #Milton. It is now the 5th most intense Atlantic basin hurricane on record. Lower the pressure, the stronger the storm. Only 6 storms have ever dropped below 900 mb in the Atlantic basin in modern history, including now Milton. Its eye is also incredibly small, only 4 miles wide in diameter. The Hurricane Hunters flew by it in under 30 seconds."

 

[Greg G]

My sister and her husband live in Naples FL, and their son in Tampa, and she still retains her sense of humor per the cartoon she sent me