Tropical Storm Milton aiming for Florida

first HH scheduled for 8am Sunday

 

I'm afraid GW is going to make coastal Florida uninhabitable. With the extreme warm Gulf temperatures we're seeing hurricanes pop up in the Gulf and Caribbean with greater frequency and severity. Florida can't survive 2 or 3 of these a year.

 

It will just become too expensive to live on the coast. It’s not sustainable.

 

I worry more about the broader cost of insurance for the rest of us. 10 years ago mine was $3k a year. I've received quotes recently as high as $16k for the same house.

 

I suspect that home owners insurance will be state sponsored. Citizens but make those living inland pay more too.

 

Been saying this for years as it trended up. I remember a heated debate on too hot about this 20 years ago. 2.6 degrees warmer water for a hurricane sitting over that water for a few days is a crazy amount of extra fuel for it to get more powerful. It's just going to keep getting worse.

 

I think eventually anyone living on the coast will need to be self insured. It’s not sustainable to keep building communities on the coast after they are repeatedly destroyed. And it’s not really fair or reasonable to expect folks living inland to help pay for the repeated losses on the coasts.

 

As someone who's lived in Fort Myers for nearly 40 years, the hurricanes are getting bigger and stronger.

 

This isn't good.

Already a tropical storm

Tropical Storm Milton Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
1225 PM CDT Sat Oct 05 2024

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM MILTON...
...FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND BRING THE RISK OF LIFE-THREATENING
IMPACTS TO PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA NEXT WEEK...

Recent satellite wind data indicate that the depression has
strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton. The maximum sustained
winds are estimated to be 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts.


SUMMARY OF 1225 PM CDT...1725 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...22.3N 95.3W
ABOUT 220 MI...355 KM NNE OF VERACRUZ MEXICO
ABOUT 365 MI...590 KM WNW OF PROGRESO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES

 

This ^^^ It needs to be zoned and insured by its own entity at the very least. I'm tired of paying for some rich a****** to rebuild there business or waterfront property.

Restore our beaches to what they should be, sand and places to visit on the weekends. Problem solved.

 

Really doesn't look good. Forecast to become a hurricane more than 48 hours before landfall.

 

Hwrf has this thing as a cat 2 late Sunday night 979 MB. A Cat 4 938 MB 5 pm Tue.

 

Milton.

Decidedly Satanic vibes. Paradise Lost!

got a bad feeling about this one.

 

Same here. Looking at the hurricane models on weathernerds.org. All 4 are showing landfall just north of Tampa, two on them are Cat 4 and 2 are slight lower strength at 2-3.

The models will get updates tomorrow with HH data, but so far this year the hurricane models were spot on with location and intensity. One thing is for sure, landfall north of Tampa will be catastrophic for TB regardless if Cat 2 or stronger.

 

With the amount of debris already lining the streets in so many neighborhoods, any flooding and high winds will create a horrible scenario. No way a significant amount will be picked up in time.

 

Got your drywall stripped yet? Electrical back on?

 

Yes, virtually all drywall 24” and down is out, and electricity is back on. The home still smells though, so this must becoming from the tile floor or the cabinets. I guess the home is actually fairly ready for a surge at this moment.

 

Hope you are getting a mold assessment if you haven’t.

 

We still haven’t heard from our adjuster unfortunately, but Id hope that they would be interested in assessing the extent of mold.

 

Take pictures and video of it all. At each stage.

Rent or buy some dehumidifiers, spray it all with 50%water/bleach or some other mix to kill mold spores. You will be way ahead of those waiting on insurance. Good luck with Milton. Tampa is so ripe...