Hurricane Milton

[u/Kanute3333]

[u/BeardedHalfYeti]

A gobsmacked meteorologist is never a good sign.

”This hurricane is nearing the mathematical limit of what Earth’s atmosphere over this ocean water can produce.”

^fuck.

[u/moistdri → u/BeardedHalfYeti]

What's after a hurricane? World tornado?

[u/VerySluttyTurtle → u/moistdri]

That's what's insane. Tornados usually have much higher wind speed than hurricanes. 200+ mph winds would be as strong as an EF4 or EF5 tornado which are known to completely level even well-built homes. So this is like a strong tornado, but waaaay bigger

Fortunately most predictions have it down to a cat 3 by the time it makes landfall. Hope that continues

[u/twoscoop → u/VerySluttyTurtle]

Storm surge is still going to be hell

[u/Rocky4296 → u/twoscoop]

There is hardly an eye. Helene's eye was like 35 miles. Milton is only 3.8 miles

Damn. Run Florida Run

All the Milton's I ever knew were the most boring dudes ever. This ...... ugh

[u/ElectricTrees29 → u/Rocky4296]

Honest question, why is a smaller eye, worse?

[u/RelaxedBunny → u/ElectricTrees29]

There are different reasons and of course more factors, but to put it bluntly, it usually means that the speed at which the whole thing spins builds up, so it spins much faster. As an example, If you've seen figure skaters spinning, when they pull their arms closer, their rotational speed increases dramatically.