Despite the hasty nature of most evacuations ahead of Hurricane Milton which was a Category 5 storm but has been downgraded to a Category 4 as of 8 am EDT Wednesday, evacuations proved orderly which has not always been the case. Milton is likely to make landfall somewhere in Sarasota or possibly Manatee County. While […]
Major Hurricane Milton is barreling toward the Sunshine State. A Cat 5 Hurricane with one of the lowest ever central pressures at the time of recording, we dive into some hurricane history in Florida and talk about the threats to the Tampa Bay and Orlando areas as well as the rest of the peninsula with […]
i’m seeing some disturbing trends online where people are saying oh well the storm isn’t coming to me. It’s going to Tampa or Sarasota or whatever so it won’t be that big a deal. For various reasons that I outlined already the track for this storm is more uncertain than Helene and there is very […]
Milton is now a major Hurricane, a Category 3 per the 8 am NHC update. A key thing that I must stress when compared to Helene was while that storm’s track was basically locked in because of atmospheric conditions that is NOT the case with Milton. The storm continues to strengthen while moving slowly and […]
Milton which is expected to a Category 3 Hurricane upon landfall in Florida on Wednesday has formed. Much like Helene it formed from a disturbance created by the Central American gyre. Here are some model runs below. As always stay tuned to TFS on Twitter @FlaSqueeze for frequent updates on the storm.
Extreme weather events are becoming the norm in Florida driving up insurance rates, making real estate more difficult potentially to flip and ultimately creating a more and more uninhabitable situation which will impact the economy detrimentally. We have in this state elected leaders that have chosen to ignore or even deny the existence of climate […]
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