Florida: “DAMN DAMN DAMN!”

I refuse to be frightened by something named Milton.

Stand back and stand by!

Do the Democrats have no shame?

Milton? They can't be that desperate for names.

Where the uck is it coming from? Is Texas sending weather bombs to Florida?

Oh, fuck -- here we go again.

Looks to be hitting Tampa Bay (my poor father!) at a Cat. 2, and that's no fun. And it's almost certain that this will blow over my county.

On top of my worries about the election, now I have to worry about [italic]this[/italic] ?

Bah.

I believe you have my stapler.

It’s official—TS Milton has been named!

Couldn’t even make it to r2?

oh, MILTON!

Now projected to be a major Cat 3 at landfall. Tampa is in the center of the cone.

Listen Large Marge, if we could control the weather Trump would have been struck by lightning a long time ago.

Time for Trump's Magic Sharpie!

Has there been a Bradley yet?

They should have named it MAGA.

Milton packs quite a surprise, Florida!

R16 bad link?

linky stinkie

miss God apparently hates Tampa-St Pete

she be cuttin a bitch.

Sorry. If you're good, you can try this...

Hmm. The local meteos in Tampa are saying secure property Sunday and be prepared to evacuate the area Monday.

Tampa-area DLers, be safe!

I have a former friend who lives in Tampa. I hope it blows her house over like a stack of cards.

Doom dahling!

Good luck, floriduh

@R22

I'm guessing you're not still in touch?

It’s what she deserves.

Desantis can only hold off insurance cancellations for just so long.

Once all the insurance companies flee the state, the real estate speculators will be the next to leave, and home values will plummet. Homes have been overpriced for a decade (I sold my late father’s home for crazy $$$ in ‘18).

The confluence of events will make post-2008 look like a cakewalk.

Florida Eldergays, call Tom Selleck and get you reverse mortgages tonight and prepare to stay put until Kingdom Come!

Milty, you need to quit it this instant!

I'm going to watch the weather tomorrow morning when presumably they'll have narrowed down the path a little. If it's still headed my way, I swear I'm gonna drive to Texas. Hopefully, I-75 N and I-10 W aren't too badly blocked by debris.

If I could afford to relocate to some place I actually want to live (CA), I'd have been gone long ago.

Sad.

[quote] Milton packs quite a surprise, Florida!

I was almost ready to post: "This post is useless without pictures." Which I should've, given that R16's link sucks.

I'm hoping it does major damage to shithole Florida.

Everybody say bye-bye to homeowner's insurance.

And/or FEMA.

Senior Lesbian, I feel your pain. Are you still living in the Ocala forest? I am still in Leesburg. We can only hope the storm decides to go over Miami, otherwise the rest of Florida is doomed to have the worst hurricane year since.... forever? Well, perhaps, 2004.

Why can't Mar-a-Lago sustain a direct hit? During a Trump family reunion.

Tallulah and SL, hoping you are both safe.

Bad Memories of 2005.

Thank you ElderLez. You are so kind. If this storm turns into a CAT 4 or 5 and dumping on this rain soaked state, I don't know what many will do? I must say that DeSantis did really well with this last storm in preparations, responding and help, that I almost forgot he is a MAGA. But, another super-storm on top of the last is too much to comprehend or bear. Especially, with the thought of home insurance rates next year. Oy!

How did we get from Helene to Milton so quickly? Are they no longer going in alphabetical order?

Clearly, this is God’s revenge on those who refuse to help immigrants.

What about the pythons and gators?

This is clearly the earth's revenge for not taking care of it. If you buy a brand new car and then never change the oil, or do routine maintenance it is eventually going to break. Why people thought that the earth would just keep giving and giving and giving without any maintenance is beyond me.

How do you propose that we have Earth's tires rotated, r39?

you have to clean them first

[quote] The confluence of events will make post-2008 look like a cakewalk.

Wouldn’t the collapse of real estate in Florida be good for values elsewhere? All the people abandoning the state need to go somewhere.

Thank you for posting that video with him. …What hurricane??!

Tallulah @ R32, I was trying to remember your moniker just the other day when we were discussing Helene here, because I wondered how you had fared. I take it you made it though OK with your property intact.

I was very lucky with that storm; it only clipped my place at 61 mph. But I don't know if my raggedy old place would survive a Cat 2. I've been unsuccessful at finding an updating map with the latest spaghetti models, but I did find a good map of the clouds pictured from a satellite on the Windows weather site.

The other thing I was looking for was a traffic/damage map for the interstates to see which ones are open. I've driven up I-75 to I-10 more than a few times, but I remember that once, after a hurricane, I-10 had quite a bit of debris which I was able to circumvent on my motorcycle. But I figure that, if I leave here, the only way to go is west and then north -- that is, if I decide to go. I'll have to take my motorcycle on the back of the truck (which I'll need help to load) and my poor little old dog.

Plus, fucking useless Marion County hasn't even listed an evacuation place yet. I stayed at a relatively close high school the one time I did have to evacuate with my dog, but the one they have posted now (for Helene) is quite a ways on the other side of the county. And Marion is a big county.

Fuck. I'm just not ready for all this again -- plus I'm worried about my 88-year-old father, who lives in St. Pete and now has "walking pneumonia" from his efforts, and loss of power and water during Helene. It looks like they'll be taking a direct hit.

Keep in touch. I'll be checking this thread.

At a certain point, areas of Florida will need to be abandoned. Let mother nature reclaim those areas.

But I'm dead in the center!! Nowhere near any water!

This shit sucks.

The problem in Florida are the insurance companies as they don’t want people to build houses the way they do it in Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Senior Lez, outer Palm Springs is somewhat affordable.

Hubs and I are retiring there.

Your idea of affordable and mine are probably quite disparate, R48, but thanks for the thought.

Heading straight for areas already obliterated by Helene.

Are you suggesting they’re in cahoots?