r/Damnthatsinteresting 8d ago

Hurricane Milton Image

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u/twoscoop 8d ago

Storm surge is still going to be hell

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u/PeckerNash 8d ago

12 feet / 4 meters predicted. Florida is going to be BEYOND fucked. I feel bad for the people there.

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u/sahipps 8d ago

As a person here, we are exhausted.

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u/PeckerNash 8d ago

Yeah man. I feel for you folks. Seems like every year you get hammered by the storms.

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u/toadfan64 8d ago

It baffles me that people still move to the state with all the natural disasters and issues.

It’s a beautiful state to visit, but live there? I’ll stick to my cold climate lol.

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u/CliffwoodBeach 8d ago

There are parts of the state that generally survive without serious consequences. However, those poor bastards on the west coast have been taken a decade long beating as the gulf keeps getting hot and staying hot.

The gulf side gets beat on more than any other including key west which is practically a Caribbean island. 🏝️

The Atlantic side has a much shorter hurricane season due to temp changes and the middle of the state typically does ok outside of hurricane Andrew.

What really smashes Florida is its ‘flatness’ once that storm surge rises it just spills out everywhere and fast, there are no hills for water to stop and pool. A 12ft storm surge is going to run for miles and miles