all the homes near me with metal roofs had those 12' sections peeled off like a banana skin exposing the house interiors ,at the same time tile and asphalt shingle homes minimum roof damage.
Watching the storm make landfall last night I was amazed how many street lights stayed on during that. Locally,FPL replaced all power poles with concrete towers and trim back all trees from power lines.
I got 4 generators thru super deals or free so there's that. don't mind them taking garage space after seeing some of the places in PSL .
another storm is forming same place as Milton.
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 1:59 pm
by Animal
I haven't see anything about another hurricane forming? There's one way out in the Atlantic and another that might form off Africa, but I don't see anything in the gulf.
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:16 pm
by QillerDaemon
Who wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:04 pm
My slice of paradise still stands
Mine is too!
House stood firm with no damage at all. Only had power flickers, but never any total loss. I'll get up on the roof later, but from ground level I see nothing to worry about. Lots of limbs and fronds everywhere, the yard is a mess. Big parts of our neighborhood have flooding issues, but we live on the side of a low hill, so that's hardly a concern for us. Yes, we have hills in Florida, we're not as flat as Kansas. Google "Lake Wales Ridge", we're on the north end of it.
The storm was bad, a strong Cat 1, until about 3am-ish, then it quieted down to almost silence. Then just after 4am, it picked up and sounded worse for a few hours after. Then 6am-ish, it was done for us here. There are parts of the east Orlando area still without power, but I'm surprised by the relatively small amount of overall power loss. Tornadoes hit in south FL pretty hard in areas not affected directly by the hurricane, roofs and houses torn up, it's a shame.
There's a pic on Reddit showing a large, long building trash container sitting on someone's roof in Ft Pierce from a tornado's push. Cars and trucks spilled around like domino pieces.
As I said before about Helene, it's weird how a hurricane scrapes out the local weather for a day or so, and Milton no less. The sun is now poking its face out, and it's going to be all sorts of humid today.
Who wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:04 pm
My slice of paradise still stands
Mine is too!
House stood firm with no damage at all. Only had power flickers, but never any total loss. I'll get up on the roof later, but from ground level I see nothing to worry about. Lots of limbs and fronds everywhere, the yard is a mess. Big parts of our neighborhood have flooding issues, but we live on the side of a low hill, so that's hardly a concern for us. Yes, we have hills in Florida, we're not as flat as Kansas. Google "Lake Wales Ridge", we're on the north end of it.
The storm was bad, a strong Cat 1, until about 3am-ish, then it quieted down to almost silence. Then just after 4am, it picked up and sounded worse for a few hours after. Then 6am-ish, it was done for us here. There are parts of the east Orlando area still without power, but I'm surprised by the relatively small amount of overall power loss. Tornadoes hit in south FL pretty hard in areas not affected directly by the hurricane, roofs and houses torn up, it's a shame.
There's a pic on Reddit showing a large, long building trash container sitting on someone's roof in Ft Pierce from a tornado's push. Cars and trucks spilled around like domino pieces.
As I said before about Helene, it's weird how a hurricane scrapes out the local weather for a day or so, and Milton no less. The sun is now poking its face out, and it's going to be all sorts of humid today.
i was watching a live camera in Sarasota last night. I just had it up to see what it looked like when the center comes ashore. And it was a really cool video because it had wind speed and direction and rain and total rain, etc. I pulled it up around 8:00 or so and it was a good clear picture, but it was dead calm. zero wind. The wind readings would go from 0 up to 1 or 2 mph and then back to zero. This went on for about 30 minutes. Then it got to 4 mph down to 1 and back and forth. Finally around 10 pm it was up to 10 or 15 mph winds. I guess that's the eye moving in and the dead calm you have while its moving across. I was shocked at how long it remained calm. And not a shit load of rain in Sarasota at the time. There was water in the street, probably salt water, but the daily accumulation of rain at that station wasn't all that much. and it wasn't raining at all in the video.
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:58 pm
by Animal
fouts wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:28 pm
disturbance near cayman island expected to develop to a storm 2-3 days
fouts wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:28 pm
disturbance near cayman island expected to develop to a storm 2-3 days
where are you getting this information?
His ass...
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:41 pm
by Animal
did the actual storm surge get anywhere near the 9 to 12 feet that they were projecting at so many locations. I heard reports of 2 or 3 feet in places, but nothing like what was being hyped up before the storm made landfall.
They even said last night that Tampa had a negative surge with the water being 3 feet below normal because the eye was a bit south and it was actually sucking the water out of the bay.
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:04 pm
by BigChiefin
Who wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:04 pm
My slice of paradise still stands
Who wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 12:04 pm
My slice of paradise still stands
Epic...
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:10 pm
by WarmBidetWater
Animal wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:41 pm
did the actual storm surge get anywhere near the 9 to 12 feet that they were projecting at so many locations. I heard reports of 2 or 3 feet in places, but nothing like what was being hyped up before the storm made landfall.
They even said last night that Tampa had a negative surge with the water being 3 feet below normal because the eye was a bit south and it was actually sucking the water out of the bay.
I read a report that indicated Sarasota had about an 8 foot surge, upper Tampa Bay about a -5 surge while the mouth had a 1-2 foot surge. Areas south of Sarasota had a 3-6 foot surge. I'm sure it'll be a while before we get the actual numbers which could be inaccurate due to Helene being so recent.
fouts wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:28 pm
disturbance near cayman island expected to develop to a storm 2-3 days
where are you getting this information?
NOAA site is good for after the fact not for long range projections
interesting. thanks.
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 3:32 am
by fouts
I lived thru plenty of hurricanes and I don't why forecasts use Cat 1,Cat 2 etc to describe storm strength. Cat 3 to Cat 2 is only 10 mph ,its a false comfort zone plus why should I have to remember what values are Cat classification. Just tell me wind speed in MPH and save Cat numbers for your other geek meteorologist.
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 2:54 pm
by Who
Power is back on
Re: The last hurricane
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 4:18 pm
by QillerDaemon
Who wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 2:54 pmPower is back on
We never lost power completely for any significant amount of time. But we did have flickers and blackouts just long enough to reset our computers.
Large parts of downtown Orlando and north have been without power, along with swaths of east Orlando. But us in the west side of town, nothing major.
Who wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 2:54 pmPower is back on
We never lost power completely for any significant amount of time. But we did have flickers and blackouts just long enough to reset our computers.
Large parts of downtown Orlando and north have been without power, along with swaths of east Orlando. But us in the west side of town, nothing major.
I couldn’t get an uber yesterday so I had to use shoe leather. My neighbourhood tavern is about 2 miles from me, made it there and the downtown area is about a mile north of there.
Downtown had power but most businesses were closed, the restaurants were all under staffed and wait times was exceptionally long.
All fast food and pizza and sub shops in the area were closed.
I bought a couple of cans of tuna fish and meandered home.
