Love the headline. Milton will be a hurricane. Now that is the under statement of the year as it is now a Cat 5 with 160 mph winds. Now starting to see conspiracy theories popping up(not yet on this site) about seeding the clouds which is probably a thousand miles away from parts of the US

All this rain and threats of bad weather is killing my chance of a quick sale of my house in The Villages. Oh well, a whole lot of folks are having a worse time.

Wait until potential homebuyers try to get quotes for homeowners insurance. Insurers currently have suspended giving binding quotes until Milton passes and quotes are up significantly since before Helene. I know this for a fact as I am trying to get a new policy because Farmers is pulling out of Florida and is dumping us.

Agree, we're trying to keep this thread focused on the hurricane Milton please.

Off topic posts will be removed.

Thanks

I took a peek out of curiosity at the idea of solar-powered generators. Turns out, it's a thing, and can be used to power all (or most) of your home during emergencies. You can even get combination solar/wind turbine generators with dual solar panels so if a hurricane results in days of indirect sunlight, the wind turbines will continue to turn and generate power. Might not be enough for the AC but maybe enough for fans, lights, a smaller refrigerator/freezer, a smaller microwave oven, and your computer.

In a mobile home, it’s not so much that the power goes out, but more like your roof will go. That is what happened to my parents’ seasonal home decades ago. It would be a good idea to stay with friends who have a firmer built house, just for say Wednesday night.

Do you have any actual data to support that claim? I’m guessing not. It appears all they do on that webpage is repackage data from other sources, such as the NHC and NCO. Regarding the system going south, while that is a possibility it is not a likely possibility at this time based on all available information. The latest discussion from the NHC makes reference to shifting the track a bit north based on the latest model results.

I think that a lot of the stories like that "cloud seeding" thing originate in the Russian troll farms. Disinformation is the Russian secret weapon, they are the BEST at. There are a lot of sites now for anyone interested in conspiracy theories.

Anecdote
 

Happened to visit Helen, GA when the damage from a tornado spun off from Katrina was still evident. Returned to Helen on a drive to the mountains this summer and looked for evidence of that same damage across the "valley" from the visitor center/police dept parking lot, but all looked normal.

I *think* I recall that Katrina reached 178 mph before hitting as a Cat 3. This Milton guy suddenly getting to 175 is blowing me away. Pun noticed only after the fact.

Ice
 

How about the hail inside the eye wall because pressure is dropping so rapidly?

It's a Cat 5 now but the good news is that it's expected to downgrade to a Cat 3 at landfall, due to wind shear.

If landfall is below Tampa, that's good for TV. The more north, that's bad, obviously. During hurricane Ian 2022, we did not lose power, cable TV or internet. Landfall was a Cat 4, 110 miles below Tampa (just above Fort Myers).

More anecdotes
 

Hadn't heard about that but it sent me googling. Found this. The Eyewall – Seeing you through the storm The surge warnings again reminded me of Katrina and its *30 ft* surge (IIRC). I volunteered at a mobile dental clinic in Waveland in a K-Mart parking lot about a mile inland. Was told that six bodies had been found on the *roof* of that store. The surge almost reached I-10.

We lived in Savannah when Michael passed nearby. The tornadoes it spun off played with our large pine trees on Skidaway Island, leaving a huge mess. The relative lack of trees in our neighborhood here in TV is rather comforting for this one. The tales I heard from Katrina survivors about its tornado spawn was the stuff of nightmares.

Windy.com says no !
 

Windy.com shows six 'expert' predictions.
Highest of their expected winds in our area are 40 mph !
Very different from Network TV, The Weather Channel etc
Hoping for a great day!

Windy.com is showing 66mph gusts at 8am Thursday (34 sustained)
Windy: Wind map & weather forecast

I will check in with you to see how this worked out for you.