2024 Hurricane and Tropical Weather

[Herat]

The Maritime Shipping trackers show the impact of a pending hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico:

Very little tanker container or tanker traffic between Hurricane Milton and the Florida west coast. Lots of activity around the Port of the Everglades and the Miami ports, with what looks like numerous shipping vessels bound for the Gulf ports in Texas and Louisiana just hanging out on the eastern Florida coast.

Move the cursor to the west to see all the ships and tankers hanging out near the Texas coast trying to avoid Hurricane Milton.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-76.5/centery:26.4/zoom:6

There are several tankers out there off the Louisiana coast that are tankers with a destination of Tampa, clearly hanging out for the hurricane to pass.

 

[Herat]

International Space Station orbiting over Hurricane Milton

https://packaged-media.redd.it/y0e8qyo8oktd1/pb/m2-res_1280p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1728457200&s=42de3fdbeeca03a70e804e9a2e9416e18d336d35

 

[vls12345]

Hotel availability in Georgia listed for Floridians evacuating due to Hurricane Milton | Updates

The Georgia coast is now included in a tropical storm warning. Even though the coast won't get direct landfall, there will be impacts.

www.11alive.com

Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency

Hey Florida friends: While traveling up to our state, please keep in mind that lodging is limited. Here are the hotels with availability in specific areas. Please call ahead to confirm before...

www.facebook.com

Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Milton has explosively intensified into a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 175 MPH. Milton strengthened from a tropical depression to a Category 5 hurricane in only 48 hours, one of the most extreme hurricane intensifications we've ever seen.

gema.georgia.gov

 

[vls12345]

Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Milton has explosively intensified into a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 175 MPH. Milton strengthened from a tropical depression to a Category 5 hurricane in only 48 hours, one of the most extreme hurricane intensifications we've ever seen.

gema.georgia.gov

From Georgia Emergency Management:

Attention Florida Evacuees: Due to the widespread damage across many Georgia counties from Hurricane Helene’s impact, we welcome you to find refuge in areas such as Albany, Columbus, Macon, and Atlanta. However, please call ahead as resources in South Georgia are limited.

Georgia State parks are open for RVs and Campers, so please visit gastateparks.org/Alerts for more information. Plan your evacuation routes accordingly, and stay safe! For more information, visit gema.georgia.gov.

If you need a safe place, the Atlanta Motor Speedway is opening its area for evacuees ahead of Hurricane Milton. Stay safe, and click here for more details.

Shelters for Florida Evacuees​

Shelter Facility Name	Address	County	Open Time
Maynard Baptist	1195 Juliette Rd, Forsyth, GA 31029	Monroe	By 5 p.m.
Central Georgia Technical College Larry Walker Arena	80 Cohen Walker Dr. Warner Robins, GA 31088	Houston	By 5 p.m.
Cordele First Church	302 E 12th Ave, Cordele, GA 31015	Crisp	By 5 p.m.
Delores A. Brooks Rec Center	3326 Ocmulgee E Blvd, Macon, GA 31217	Bibb	By 5 p.m.
South Bibb Rec Center	7035 Houston Rd, Macon, GA 31216	Bibb	By 5 p.m.
Jackson First Baptist	1227 W 3rd Street, Jackson, GA 30233	Butts	By 5 p.m.
PSA Rec Center	1050 Wildcat Dr. Kingsland, GA 31548	Camden	By 5 p.m.
Frank D. Chester Recreation Center	1441 Benning Dr. Columbus, GA 31903	Muscogee	By 5 p.m.

For up-to-date shelter information, visit Find An Open Shelter and Other Services.

 

[Herat]

Latest update, Advisory 16. 10pm CDT

Sustained wind speed: 160 mph ( Stable ) Category 5
Barometric pressure: 915 ( Increased)
Present moment (forward speed): 12 mph ( Increased)

From the advisory:

A northeastward motion with some increase in forward speed is expected overnight
through Wednesday. A turn toward the east-northeast and east is
expected on Thursday and Friday. On the forecast track, the center
of Milton will move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico tonight and
Wednesday, make landfall along the west-central coast of Florida
Wednesday night, and move off the east coast of Florida over the
Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.

Hurricane Milton Public Advisory

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Here is a very cool visual tool to see the winds around the globe. Turn the globe with a finger (touchscreen) or a click-and-drag with a mouse on a computer screen. Zoom in for a close look at those hurricanes.

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.

earth.nullschool.net

 

[Herat]

Here is a very cool visual tool to see the winds around the globe. Turn the globe with a finger (touchscreen) or a click-and-drag with a mouse on a computer screen. Zoom in for a close look at those hurricanes.

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.

earth.nullschool.net

Oh, that's wonderful

If I enlarge the image, the center eye of the hurricane is records a wind speed of 1 km/hr. I don't know how accurate that is, but it does just emphasize what a complex phenomenon a hurricane is.

Thank you Antie Cipation

 

[vls12345]

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/waffle-house-locations-close-ahead-of-milton

How Waffle House helps Southerners — and FEMA — judge a storm's severity

For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane's severity can be found at the local Waffle House.

apnews.com

For more background on the Waffle House Index:

How to Measure a Storm's Fury One Breakfast at a Time - Waffle House

Waffle House - How to Measure a Storm's Fury One Breakfast at a Time

www.wafflehouse.com

 

[HmmMysterious]

One more update before I go to bed. Milton is fighting hard against the wind shear that will eventually overcome it.

1:00 AM CDT Wed Oct 9 Location: 23.8°N 86.0°W Moving: NE at 12 mph Min pressure: 914 mb Max sustained: 160 mph

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...MILTON FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT AS A DANGEROUS MAJOR HURRICANE... ...WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DETERIORATING THIS AFTERNOON...

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[GatorFL]

 

[nhmemorymaker]

They will be protected from the water surges but what about the winds? Those trees will likely be uprooted, and those small boats blown away, not to mention some of those campers toppling over.
Better there than being in the path of surges though.

I experienced a hurricane once in my life, in Hawaii when was a kid. We were stuck in a hotel, on an upper floor, in the bathroom as instructed. When it was over the windows had blown out and there were palm trees in the swimming pool. Cars were scattered and overturned on the streets, and the garage and ground floor were flooded. It was frightening at the time.
This however is 100 x worse.

Was your experience Hurricane Iniki??? Hit Kauai in 92... pretty sure it was 92. We were there , a full year later..... almost everything was still shut down and the sense of heartbreak and despair was still with all the people.

Hurrican memories just hang on........ f o r e v e r

 

[Tabulator]

Fellow WS'ers in the hurricane zone -
Please take care of yourselves and the ones you love. I always think of the many homeless animals and people during these kind of natural disasters - stay safe and well.

 

[mickey2942]

This. It is expensive to evacuate. People don't know where to go, or how to get there. I understand this. There is a lot of poverty in Florida. People who are "invisible". Living in small, old houses, often with a disabled parent. Maybe a few young kids, in a rural area, but still within storm surge. Dogs, chickens, they just can't wrap their heads around leaving their home. Maybe they drive a 2001 Toyota Camry, gets them to the store. With bald tires, no spare.

Why Some Floridians Feel They Can't Evacuate Ahead of Hurricane Milton Despite Warnings Like 'You're Going to Die'

Ahead of Hurricane Milton, Some state residents have said they don't have the resources to leave — and they worry about what it would take to try

people.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844008132806086900

"Seminole County had to clarify an evacuation order after issuing a wrong alert
that told the entire county to leave the area ahead of Hurricane Milton.

An evacuation order has been issued in the county exclusively for people in mobile homes,
low-lying areas
and those with special needs.

Locals panicked after receiving an alert sent by mistake that stated
that the entire country had to evacuate ahead of the historic storm."

 

[Sweetluv]

Hoping and Praying that all of you/your family in the eye of Hurricane Milton stay safe !

 

[PayrollNerd]

This. It is expensive to evacuate. People don't know where to go, or how to get there. I understand this. There is a lot of poverty in Florida. People who are "invisible". Living in small, old houses, often with a disabled parent. Maybe a few young kids, in a rural area, but still within storm surge. Dogs, chickens, they just can't wrap their heads around leaving their home. Maybe they drive a 2001 Toyota Camry, gets them to the store. With bald tires, no spare.

Why Some Floridians Feel They Can't Evacuate Ahead of Hurricane Milton Despite Warnings Like 'You're Going to Die'

Ahead of Hurricane Milton, Some state residents have said they don't have the resources to leave — and they worry about what it would take to try

people.com

This is so real. People living in cars that barely get them from one hiding spot to another. People have barriers that are insurmountable. If you’ve never lived in forced poverty, you can’t possibly relate. My daughter sent me $100 for gas so I could leave.

 

[arielilane]

Posted 14 hours ago

The National Guard is deploying aerial, water, and ground search and rescue teams for the largest National Guard search and rescue mobilization in Florida history.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1843800752952881176

Posted 11 hours ago

Having this weird euphoric moment being able to top of the gas right now in our SUV after stumbling on an open gas station. Going to bed.Thinking of everyone on the west coast of Florida tonight.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1843848860248219689

 

[arielilane]

Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park will close at 1:00 PM today. Magic Kingdom, EPCOT and Disney Springs will close at 2:00 PM.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1843988723601723688

 

[arielilane]

JUST IN. Tornado crossing I-75 in Weston, Florida near a toll plaza.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844021677195477226

 

[arielilane]

Intense band getting ready to move ashore Bradenton Sarasota Venice. Wind gusts 60+ and some fast moving Tornadoes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844022352109297776