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https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/12/climate/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-homes/index.html

#climate #milton #florida

Hurricane Milton advances towards Florida in a view from Dragon Endeavour which is docked with the International Space Station.

Photograph: Matthew Dominick/NASA/Reuters

@photography
#ISS
#hurricane
#Milton

“#ClimateChange is this overflowing bathroom, and #DeSantis is coming in with towels. He’s putting on more and more towels without turning off the faucet.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/09/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-desantis

DeSantis supports "policies to boost fossil fuels, suppress carbon-free energy and ignore global heating." When asked about these policies, his office said: “You & your publication are despicable for running nonsense stories like this the day a major hurricane is making landfall in #Florida.”

#Climate #Milton

Ron DeSantis is unfit for hurricane response, activists say: ‘Florida isn’t safe’

Advocates believe governor is unfit for emergency planning due to policies that fuel the crisis worsening storms

^{Dharna Noor (The Guardian)}

The Stormchaser on his way to Tampa just pulled off into a rest area and found refuge behind an 18-wheeler. Remarkably he then went right back on the highway. He may have been scoping safe-ish parking just in case.
There’s virtually no visibility. These guys are certifiably reckless. He just said “It’s downright crazy right now I’ve got to make landing myself.” It’s a good thing he took a leak before the walls of water descended on his truck. He plows on, undeterred. 👀

#Milton #stormchasing

👀 JHC. As Hurricane #Milton approaches Florida #meteorologists are staying awake for days at a time trying to get vital, life-saving information out to the folks who will be affected. That’s their job. But this year, several of them tell Rolling Stone, they’re increasingly having to take time out to quell the nonstop flow of #misinformation during a particularly traumatic #hurricane season. And some of them are doing it while being personally threatened.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hurricane-milton-misinformation-meteorlogist-death-threats-1235130352/

Hurricane Milton Spurs Misinformation, Meteorologist Death Threats

It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.

^{Lorena O'Neil (Rolling Stone)}

Lighting storms inside #hurricane #milton as it moved onshore tonight in #Florida

#flwx

Roof ripped off of Tropicana stadium in Tampa. #Milton

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/the-roof-of-tropicana-field-was-ripped-off-by-hurricane-miltons-winds

Tropicana Field roof ripped off by Hurricane Milton's winds

Hurricane Milton's winds ripped off the roof of Tropicana Field. The storm made landfall around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

^{Amanda Boettcher (ABC Action News Tampa Bay (WFTS))}

BREAKING: The storm surge for Hurricane Milton is expected to be 15 feet.

To give you an idea of how deadly this is, here's what 9 feet looks like.

#Milton #HurricaneMilton #Weather #ExtremeWeather #News #USA

Wenn uns in den nächsten Stunden die ersten Bilder aus #Florida erreichen, denkt dran: Niemand kann sagen, er hätte von nichts gewusst. #Milton

https://www.nature.com/articles/326483a0

The eye for #HurricaneMilton is now showing on the weather radar. Each time you open this map you will see the most recent radar data.

NOAA currently forecasts landfall for 1a.m. Thursday with wind at 115mph gusting to 140mph.
#Milton #FLwx

Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=25.963146,-83.045654&zoom=7&basemap=USA_basemap&overlay=USA_weather_radar,Hurricane/Storm_forecast_track,Hurricane/Storm_forecast_position&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt

Not sure what a 15 foot storm surge looks like? Here's a video from two years ago.

Anecdotally, my grandmother's sister and her husband decided to ride out this very storm. Their condo took a full year of work to be habitable again, as nearly everything was a total loss. They were on the third floor (what some countries call second floor).

Hurricanes are serious. When you're told to evacuate, listen. If you don't you may end up dead.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=al8yTiCVfro

#Hurricane #Milton

Video of Hurricane Milton captured from the ISS. Its size is surreal.

Credit: Steve Spaleta, Space.com

#Hurricane #Milton #ISS #Space #AstroPhotography

As Floridians are evacuating ahead of hurricane #Milton – third fastest growing hurricane on record and perhaps the biggest in a century…

…here's Eric Schmidt, opining that we need to feed AI beast at all cost, climate change be damned:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/08/eric_schmidt_speech/

"We're not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we're not organized to do it" – says a man who had a shit-ton of impact on how we're organized.

Schmidt founded White Stork, a defense company that develops AI-powered drones. 🤮

Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway'

Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO

^{Dan Robinson (The Register)}

This really does look scary …. be safe peeps #milton

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/hurricane-milton-footage-space.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Hurricane Milton Footage From International Space Station Looks Like The Apocalypse Is Coming | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the southeast, Hurricane Milton is coming. This latest storm strengthened to a Category 5 … Continue reading "Hurricane Milton Footage From International Space Station Looks Like The Apocalypse Is Coming"

^{Jonathan Klotz (GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT)}

As #Hurricane #Milton intensifies & heads toward #Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents are not only preparing for its impacts but also dealing w/ #disinformation about #FEMA. The disaster relief agency has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in #aid so far to help those affected by Hurricane #Helene. #Trump claims FEMA is running out of money after spending it on undocumented #migrants. …Those #lies are discouraging people from applying for funds they desperately need.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/08/g-s1-26840/up-first-newsletter-fema-disaster-response-hurricane-helene-october-7-israel-remembrance

#FactCheck #TrumpLies

President #Biden & lawmakers are advocating for #Congress’ return to Washington to provide more relief, especially w/Hurricane #Milton poised to cause massive damage.

#Hurricane Milton an 'extremely serious threat' as it moves toward #Florida.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/08/nx-s1-5145557/hurricane-milton-florida

Shelter offer in MS:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1k5QrMEFz/

#Milton #evacuation #Florida

more #milton coverage

https://www.youtube.com/live/L3MdauOgnNc