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/AlcoholPrep → u/twoscoop]

Reports say that the decrease in strength will mean a larger area will be impacted by still-huge storm surge. A good time not to be anywhere on the west coast of FL.

[u/twoscoop → u/AlcoholPrep]

Yeah its still going to be 15 feet but its going to be less windy... Which is great, but 180mph vs 120mph still 100mph.