(Milton up to 175 mph)

[nitpicked]

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/071735.shtml

Hurricane Milton Intermediate Advisory Number 10A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
100 PM CDT Mon Oct 07 2024

...MILTON EXPLOSIVELY INTENSIFIES WITH 175-MPH WINDS...
...RESIDENTS IN FLORIDA ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL
OFFICIALS...


SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...21.7N 91.3W
ABOUT 105 MI...170 KM WNW OF PROGRESO MEXICO
ABOUT 700 MI...1130 KM SW OF TAMPA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...175 MPH...280 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 100 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...911 MB...26.90 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

(snip)
Data from NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft
indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near
175 mph (280 km/h) with higher gusts. Milton is a potentially
catastrophic category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane
Wind Scale. While fluctuations in intensity are expected, Milton is
forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane through landfall
in Florida.
(snip)

[brush]

1. 175 MPH wind speed? What is that, category 6?

[nolabear]

5. That doesn't exist

but people have begun to wonder. Frankly they shouldn’t be getting up that high.

[brush]

6. Oh, I know. Isn't cat 5 150 MPH or so? Maybe there should be a cat 6.

[nolabear]

8. I think it's "over 150"

I agree they should have the designation even if they hope never to see it.

Btw that 175 is sustained wind. Gusts can go much higher. Jesus.

[brush]

12. Jesus is right. Much of the damge is from wind. And the there's the water and mud.

[imanamerican63]

2. Trump will claim "so what"!

[madinmaryland]

4. He's getting the paper towels ready.

[malaise]

19. No his disaster relief funds come first

then the paper towels

[0rganism]

13. Trump will find a way to blame VP Harris

His minions are already spreading conspiracy "theories" that the government has specific, direct control of the weather and uses it to disenfranchise Republicans. TSF already accused the VP of spending the entire FEMA budget on paying to import illegal immigrants, and his followers believe him. The way has been paved in advance.

[malaise]

20. He can't

This already happened
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219542745

[0rganism]

22. I wish I had a nickel for every time someone told me "TSF can't/won't do that"

TSF: "Watch me."
MAGAts: "Somebody hold His beer."

We're not talking about people who value consistency or rationality anymore. Meanwhile, the media loves the poorly educated almost as much as TSF. The chances that gov. DeSantis gets meaningfully called out on his idiotic behavior are small to begin with, and drop to 0% by Thursday. Conversely, the chances of some insane conspiracy theory about the hurricane becoming a viral meme by next Monday approach 100%. I'd estimate the chances of that meme being treated as self-evident truth by mass media outlets starting next Wednesday at about 50%, depending on the meme's overall style and sexiness. Then it'll take another 3 days to publicly debunk and denounce the conspiracy theory behind the meme, at which point it will have lost its luster anyway and people move on to find the next entertaining shiny object.

Naturally TSF will continue to bring it up at his rallies for a few days after that, because it's low effort to push out a previously-compressed idea with a few reaction-generating words.

[malaise]

23. True

My bad😀

[getagrip_already]

14. Tsf will declare you will be fine.... dont sweat it.

The he will say nobody expected the predictable catastrophe.

[berniesandersmittens]

3. Just wow. The eye wall evidentally formed a perfect circle for a bit.

[House of Roberts]

7. We're preoccupied with Florida,

but how bad is it on the Yucatan? It's passing pretty close by there.

[malaise]

21. The eye will miss them

But it will be really bad with the dirty side coming close

[House of Roberts]

24. That was my concern,

but the news channels aren't acting as though it's a threat, and yet it's a Cat 5 as it is passing there.

[lindysalsagal]

9. Rt 75N already solid red. Geez. Get outta there!

[FakeNoose]

10. Screenshot of NOAA map

The highest windspeeds are the purple and red areas. After the hurricane makes landfall it shows the winds slowing down slightly.

Stay safe everyone!

[Leghorn21]

11. At 175mph, Milton is virtually an EF 4 tornado

Inconceivable, but here we are

[Lovie777]

15. Since Dems control the weather and or witchcraft and or the devil.....................

and the GQP's gawd hates everyone except them..................

Or it's just everyone whose not GQP that are causing bad things. It's everyone's fault but the RWers no matter if it's mother nature, natural clauses or man made.

All that said, I'm concerned about everyone whose will be in Milton's path. Please stay safe.

[madinmaryland]

18. George Soros is paying me to make it hit red states.

[ananda]

16. No words.

It feels like we're sinking into a climate change black hole.

[ananda]

17. Wilma, the strongest ever recorded, was 185 mph.

Could Milton top that?