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Guess who was infinitely better at disaster response?
Oh, right. Same guy.
BTW lol at Harris pretending to have a role in Hurricanes. She doesn’t.
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BTW lol at Harris pretending to have a role in Hurricanes. She doesn’t.
I haven’t claimed that (though tons of Republicans are)
As for deSantis, we’ll soon see how good he is.
Demanding that state agencies remove all references to climate change really isn’t the same thing as being good at disaster response.
Funny though, how he took monies from disaster response to fly immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard.
I will grant this: he’s done reasonably well at coordinating state disaster response with federal assistance.
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I haven’t claimed that (though tons of Republicans are)
Harris is cosplaying as somebody with a role in this and the ‘bots in this board are trying to attack DeSantis over it.
DeSantis is awesome at disaster response, as he’s shown repeatedly. Even Biden couldn’t say anything negative.
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DeSantis is awesome at disaster response, as he’s shown repeatedly. Even Biden couldn’t say anything negative.
"Couldn't" or "chose not to"? There is a difference.
I'm not claiming to know the answer here, but some people actually exercise self-control over their speech for the greater good and band together in the face of crises rather than running off at the mouth with criticisms and turning everything into a political football.
In fact, once upon a time in a galaxy not so far away, that was actually commonplace.
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I read a short article that DeSantis was telling folks in the Tampa area that they didn't really have to evacuate (despite orders from local authorities to evacuate), or maybe they would only have to go inland a few miles. They had "options".
I'm not on the ground there, so maybe they do? But he was contradicting what other relevant officials were saying. I know albaby lives in FL, so maybe he could comment if DeSantis was correct, or if he was insisting people should make up their own minds. Sort of like COVID and masks.
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I'm not on the ground there, so maybe they do? But he was contradicting what other relevant officials were saying. I know albaby lives in FL, so maybe he could comment if DeSantis was correct, or if he was insisting people should make up their own minds. I'd have to see what he said.
The city has ordered evacuations only for certain areas. Again, it's the
water that's usually the deadly part of the storm. So if you're in an area that's at low risk from storm surge and flooding, you can usually shelter in that area - either in your home if it's secure enough, or by going to a nearby shelter.
The corollary to that is that even if you are in an evacuation zone, you probably don't need to travel a very long distance to get to an adequate shelter. You don't need to flee to Georgia. If you get away from where the storm surge and other flooding might reach you, then that's probably far enough. The below link is to the city's evacuation zone map - they've ordered evacuations of zones A and B:
https://hillsborough.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappvi...It looks like those zones are only a few miles wide - so even if you're in one of those two zones, you probably don't need to travel more than a few miles before you're out of the evacuation area. So if you can find a safe shelter just outside of the evacuation zone, you might not need to travel very far.
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It looks like the projected course is the worst case you wrote about before. Counterclockwise circulation will drive the surge into Tampa.
I'm assuming it is flat, so the flooding could be really bad. I would believe the experts over any governor (not just DeSantis). So that would be NOAA
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It looks like the projected course is the worst case you wrote about before. Counterclockwise circulation will drive the surge into Tampa.
Right now, the center of the course is aiming just to the south of Tampa Bay - which is bad, but doesn't have the worst of the storm surge going into the bay. The right-hand side of the storm is where the winds blow onshore.
But we're talking only a few dozen miles here, well within the margin of error of a forecast a day out. It's amazing how accurate their path forecasting has become, but it's not good enough to predict within less than 60-70 mile range this far out.
So fingers-crossed, and ask the FSM to keep it from coming in at the worse case.
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So fingers-crossed, and ask the FSM to keep it from coming in at the worse case.
Rec for invoking the FSM. Not sure it can do any more than any of the other imaginary deities, but worth a try, I suppose.
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So fingers-crossed, and ask the FSM to keep it from coming in at the worse case.
Another alternative is to just give Dementia Don a sharpie and have him draw the hurricane path to California.
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NYT reports that it is likely to hit about 20 miles south of Tampa. Also, intensity may drop to Cat3. Currently Cat4.Yes, that seems right. Looks like it's going to make landfall at around Sarasota, and the forecasts have been pretty consistent in suggesting a storm right at that Cat3/Cat4 boundary. NOAA's done an amazing job forecasting this one.
Twenty miles, though, is still a pretty close hit for Tampa. The eye of Milton's about 25 miles wide - so they're still going to get some serious wind.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/sarasota/34237/w...But at least it's now certain that the point of landfall will be south of the mouth of Tampa Bay, which is good news for the Tampa area. Depending on how it hits, and what the rainfall is like, it is entirely possible that Tampa Bay will entirely
empty. Milton could drain it entirely. Dry land.
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Depending on how it hits, and what the rainfall is like, it is entirely possible that Tampa Bay will entirely empty. Milton could drain it entirely. Dry land. - albaby
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Cool. Get your ATV's ready and see how much swag you can collect from the seabed before the waters rush back in.
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Depending on how it hits, and what the rainfall is like, it is entirely possible that Tampa Bay will entirely empty. Milton could drain it entirely. Dry land.
So that’s how Moses pulled it off….
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Another alternative is to just give Dementia Don a sharpie and have him draw the hurricane path to California.
Only the evil Deep State using Jewish space lasers can control the weather. Ask Marjorie Greene.
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Cool. Get your ATV's ready and see how much swag you can collect from the seabed before the waters rush back in.
For good or ill, that scenario now seems very unlikely to happen. The 5:00PM advisory pushed the storm a little northward. Now the center of the track runs right through Bradenton, about five miles south of the opening of Tampa Bay. Still hopeful that it doesn't wobble northward and push water into the Bay, but it's already too far north now for northeast winds to drain the Bay.
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Depending on how it hits, and what the rainfall is like, it is entirely possible that Tampa Bay will entirely empty. Milton could drain it entirely. Dry land.
I hope a few people have set up cameras before they left. No matter what happens in Tampa Bay, the photos and videos would be fascinating. Battery powered and infrared, of course. There's not going to be much in the way of lighting around.
--Peter
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So that’s how Moses pulled it off….
Of course it is. Didn't you watch the Ten Commandments? Clearly it was wind.
(We'll leave discussion of translating the Hebrew word into breath, wind, and spirit for another time and place.) ;-)
--Peter
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We'll leave discussion of translating the Hebrew word into breath, wind, and spirit for another time and place.) ;-)
Interesting, but the same ambiguity exists with the corresponding Greek word in the New Testament (and Septuigent)- pneuma.
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Got word there was a "tornadic event" next to my neighborhood that downed trees and hurt some mobile homes. There were two tornadoes in Lake Placid - one big one - no word on any damage yet. Parts are without power. I'm in Maine. :)
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I read a hypothesis that the eruption of Santorini caused the plagues and the temporary emptying of the Red Sea. I'm sure the original article is long gone, but I did find a wiki entry about it.
Now that's an interesting conjecture. I'm not sure how it would cause the plague, but the idea that the water receding preceded a tsunami is well known. And then a long wave of water coming after that would be possible and fit the story.
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Tornados attack mobile homes first...
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Tornados attack mobile homes first...
An actual joke told in Oklahoma….
What does an oklahoma divorce have in common with a tornado?
Answer: Somebody’s gonna lose a trailer.
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Got word there was a "tornadic event" next to my neighborhood that downed trees and hurt some mobile homes. There were two tornadoes in Lake Placid - one big one - no word on any damage yet. Parts are without power. I'm in Maine. :)
I have family that lives in Tampa - they evacuated down here to Miami. They've checked with neighbors, and apart from some modest flooding of their streets and lawns (they did get close to a foot and a half of rain), there wasn't too much damage in their area. They really dodged a bullet with the storm ending up south of the Bay. A few dozen miles to the north, and it would have been a different story entirely.
