Hurricane Milton coming to FL

[drkarcher22]

This is when it pays to stay in a Deluxe Resort and have practically the entire resort to roam about if you get restless. Moderates and values can't say the same.

Wilderness lodge rocking chairs by the fireplace bout to be even more prime real estate

 

[JoeCamel]

There's a lot of footage of kids wading and swimming in flood water, so it's probably a warning for them. Or at least to their parents to tell their kids not to mess with it.

I did it as a kid and am still here. It was and is stupid but as you said lots of kids do it.
I once jumped in a storm swollen creek so cold I couldn't breathe, I was out in a flash, it was stupid
Kids do stupid stuff

 

[EricsBiscuit]

And my pool cage just collapsed. No bueno

 

[DryerLintFan]

And my pool cage just collapsed. No bueno

Where are you located, again?

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Where are you located, again?

Lutz!

 

[IanDLBZF]

Update from Walt Disney World:

Walt Disney World and Vero Beach Resort Hotel Guests: Please prepare to shelter indoors in your room or building beginning at 8:30 PM, as the storm is expected to intensify.

Anyone who's on property right now, did they send any sort of similar notification like this on in-room phone, letters, or TV?

 

[Lilofan]

Also the Poly and GF, unless you are in the main building at GF.

That stay in the $2K per night Poly Bungalows right on the water will be wild night.

 

[Brian]

It looks like Tampa Bay will skirt the catastrophic, some might say apocalyptic, storm surge that was feared with this storm. As they say, "it has to go somewhere" and I'm relieved to see this outcome will be avoided, as there was potential for 12-15 foot storm surge for up to 250,000 homes.

 

[disneylandtour]

That stay in the $2K per night Poly Bungalows right on the water will be wild night.

I'm really surprised these weren't on the closure list. They almost always are. But if there, you could theoretically watch the storm inside your deck hot tub.

 

[durangojim]

Looks like so far Tampa may be dodging the bullett?

 

[DryerLintFan]

Lutz!

I hope that’s the extent of your damage

We lost our cage with Ian and it was a huge pain to replace it but we got really lucky that that was the worst of it

 

[DryerLintFan]

Looks like so far Tampa may be dodging the bullett?

Almost the entire wind event and rain event is chilling over Tampa rn

 

[John park hopper]

 

[Brian]

Landfall at Siesta Key.

 

[HakunaMatata89]

it's going to be a long night

 

[Gringrinngghost]

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WTNT64 KNHC 100030
TCUAT4

Hurricane Milton Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
830 PM EDT Wed Oct 09 2024

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE MILTON MAKES LANDFALL
NEAR SIESTA KEY FLORIDA....
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA...

NWS Doppler radar data indicate the eye of Hurricane Milton has
made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County along the west
coast of Florida.

A sustained wind of 78 mph (126 km/h) and a gust of 97 mph (156
km/h) was recently reported at a NOAA C-MAN station in Venice. A
sustained wind of 77 mph (124 km/h) and a gust of 100 mph (161 km/h)
was recently reported at a WeatherFlow station at Egmont Channel. A
sustained wind of 67 mph (107 km/h) and a gust of 83 mph (133 km/h)
was recently reported at a WeatherFlow station at Skyway Fishing
Pier. A sustained wind of 40 mph (64 km/h) and a gust of 73 mph (117
km/h) was recently reported at the Sarasota-Bradenton International
Airport.

The next update will be at 900 PM EDT (0100 UTC).

SUMMARY OF 830 PM EDT...0030 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...27.3N 82.6W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM W OF SARASOTA FLORIDA
ABOUT 115 MI...185 KM SW OF ORLANDO FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...205 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...954 MB...28.17 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Reinhart/Papin/Brown/Mahoney/Camposano

 

[Disney Analyst]

Landfall at Siesta Key.

So basically landed between Tampa and Fort Meyers, which were some of the initial projections?

 

[Brian]

So basically landed between Tampa and Fort Meyers, which were some of the initial projections?

Yep, including our own @Gringrinngghost.

 

[TalkingHead]

Yep, including our own @Gringrinngghost.

Won himself a second Philharmagic Fastpass. It pays to be good!

 

[DisneyCane]

So basically landed between Tampa and Fort Meyers, which were some of the initial projections?

As much as it had to suck for someplace, having it land south of Tampa Bay was somewhat of a blessing. North of Tampa Bay would have been REALLY terrible for storm surge in a very populated area.