2024 Hurricane and Tropical Weather

[PayrollNerd]

I waffle between thinking everything will be ok, to I don’t know if I’ll even have a house to come back to. I’m not in an evacuation zone nor a flood zone. But they’re telling everyone in the area to leave.

At the moment the plan is to return on Saturday. It’s 7 hours from Panama City Beach to Sarasota. If I don’t have power when I return, I’ll need to find a place to stay. Hopefully with a friend that I know has a room and has offered it.

 

[arielilane]

Hurricane Milton: At least 6 airports closed, 3,000 Florida flights canceled

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844022566135931198

FLORIDA — Airports across the state of Florida are shutting down and flights are being canceled in anticipation of Hurricane Milton’s landfall late Wednesday night.

Hurricane Milton: At least 6 airports closed, 3,000 Florida flights canceled

Airports across the state of Florida are preparing for Hurricane Milton and getting out of the sky.

www.wsbtv.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844023452484690176

 

[ilovewings]

I waffle between thinking everything will be ok, to I don’t know if I’ll even have a house to come back to. I’m not in an evacuation zone nor a flood zone. But they’re telling everyone in the area to leave.

At the moment the plan is to return on Saturday. It’s 7 hours from Panama City Beach to Sarasota. If I don’t have power when I return, I’ll need to find a place to stay. Hopefully with a friend that I know has a room and has offered it.

Please take care of yourself and stay safe!

 

[HongKongPhooey]

I waffle between thinking everything will be ok, to I don’t know if I’ll even have a house to come back to. I’m not in an evacuation zone nor a flood zone. But they’re telling everyone in the area to leave.

At the moment the plan is to return on Saturday. It’s 7 hours from Panama City Beach to Sarasota. If I don’t have power when I return, I’ll need to find a place to stay. Hopefully with a friend that I know has a room and has offered it.

Good to know you’re safe. We are thinking about all of you affected from across the pond.

 

[JDG]

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/hurricane-milton-florida-10-09-24/index.html

Tornadoes ahead of Milton

 

[arielilane]

SICKENING. FHP Troopers rescued a dog left tied to a pole on I-75 near Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning. Do NOT do this to your pets. Awful.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844038608648556729

 

[musicaljoke]

These guys are nuts.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844043394722791811

 

[Inthedetails]

SICKENING. FHP Troopers rescued a dog left tied to a pole on I-75 near Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning. Do NOT do this to your pets. Awful.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844038608648556729

I am going to assume they left the dog there for someone with better means to come along and rescue it before the hurricane hits. I have no idea if that is true, but that's what I want to believe.

jmo

 

[PayrollNerd]

They’re is code to get a free ride to shelters from Uber I think. I hope people will take heed!

https://www.cnn.com/webview/weather/live-news/hurricane-milton-florida-10-09-24?cid=ios_app#cm21yvkdo0000356pitq07iq8

About 6,000 people have moved into Manatee County’s emergency shelters, and there’s room left, Myers said late Wednesday morning.

 

[Inthedetails]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844043394722791811

Noooooo! This is not good.

jmo

 

[PayrollNerd]

Milton is now forecast to come ashore Wednesday night somewhere near or just south of Sarasota, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.cnn.com/webview/weather/live-news/hurricane-milton-florida-10-09-24?cid=ios_app#cm21yvkdo0000356pitq07iq8

 

[Inthedetails]

Milton is now forecast to come ashore Wednesday night somewhere near or just south of Sarasota, according to the National Hurricane Center.

https://www.cnn.com/webview/weather/live-news/hurricane-milton-florida-10-09-24?cid=ios_app#cm21yvkdo0000356pitq07iq8

As an aside, I learn so much geography on WS threads.

jmo

 

[PayrollNerd]

Now showing a CAT 3 just south of my house.

 

[NuttMegg]

There's another, longer more detailed account (which I can't find, it wasn't zoo tampa) of how zoo staff are staying with animals, which need more help, which will be terrified, etc. Some will be put in sealand vans with food, water and staff.

Tampa Zoo Shares Look at How It's Preparing Its Hundreds of Animals for Hurricane Milton

ZooTampa at Lowry Park, located in Florida, announced on social media that it will be closed to guests from Oct. 8 to at least Oct. 10 to prepare for Hurricane Milton's arrival and its "projected impact" on the zoo's over 1,000 animals.

people.com

 

[NuttMegg]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/weather/hurricane-milton-where-zoo-animals-go/

 

[NuttMegg]

Bear with me....in my future life I'll be a zoo vet..... Video How Tampa's zoo and aquarium are preparing for Hurricane Milton's arrival

 

[mickey2942]

There was a hurricane in Southern FL about 20 years ago or so, many of the animals from "Jungle Island" got free. Which is why you see wild parrots, flying in flocks along US 1, in Miami. I loved watching them.

Wild macaw parrots need to be protected from poachers in Miami-Dade, residents say

Daria Feinstein said she is worried about the “magnificent” macaws in her southeast Miami-Dade County neighborhood. She said it’s nesting season and poachers are out like crazy.

www.local10.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I am going to assume they left the dog there for someone with better means to come along and rescue it before the hurricane hits. I have no idea if that is true, but that's what I want to believe.

jmo

my hearful brain said the same thing.