Death, taxes, Cedar Rapids getting the most extreme weather in the state.
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Death, taxes, Cedar Rapids getting the most extreme weather in the state.
Not sure you're remembering last year correctly - it was stupid cold that night. High for the day was like 35 and it was below 30 when we left the house to go out. It was not at all enjoyable.
Must’ve been a couple years ago that it was so nice then. You’re right now that I think about. Last year our kids quit after 45 minutes because it was so cold.
Milton is now a Cat 5 storm. Forecasted to encounter wind sheer and weaken as it approaches Florida, but will likely still be a major hurricane (Cat 3) at landfall.
Currently doing Helene cleanup at my family’s place while simultaneously getting everything ready for Milton. Helene was just a big storm surge with lots of water where Milton will be a direct hit which means surge, wind, and rain. It’s been an eerie trip being around the cleanup while also preparing to evacuate at the same time.
I was scheduled to fly to Florida Thursday and got the cancellation email last night. It looks nasty.
Models yesterday were predicting it to go to a strong Cat 5 and then drop before landfall. Just a question of how much it weakens before landfall (hopefully a lot).
We have a family friend that has a house on Anna Maria Island. Saw pictures yesterday from the damage after Helene and it looked fairly standard. This one could be Ian like for that area.
I’m on Anna Maria as well. No actual storm damage from Helene. Just lots of piles in front of houses after water damage. Some houses had over 3 feet of water in it. Luckily my folks’ is elevated so just garage got water. South towards Bradenton beach are places that have 3-4 feet of sang in garage. It’s crazy to see sand piles everywhere like a snow storm. We had 15 inches of water in garage. Not enough to ruin car but enough to make everything a mess and ruin anything they had on ground.
Preparing for Milton means getting everything up higher in garage, car off island and parked at airport long term, tying everything down or throwing it in pool, and securing the boat to survive a nuclear blast.
Good luck to ya on AMI. I’m downtown Sarasota and am probably going to evacuate soon. I’m on the 5th floor, but this is starting to look like power might be out for a while situation.
St Armand Circle got flooded pretty good with Helene and this surge is projected to be worse.
I have a feeling this evacuation is going to be big mess getting away from the storm, hopefully not.
Pretty much their nightmare scenario, especially if it doesn't weaken (a bit) before landfall like it is currently forecast to
Be safe!! Agree this looks like a week or more no power.
Luckily my evacuation plan is to get to Sarasota airport and on a plane back home tomorrow morning. Got lucky on timing as obviously didn’t know Milton was happening when I booked flights.
9 news channel showed some of the interstates heading out of area and they already look busy!!!
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If anybody wants straight to the point updates on Hurricane Milton, this is the guy we trust down here. Here’s his Facebook updates if anybody wants to follow along.
If anybody wants straight to the point updates on Hurricane Milton, this is the guy we trust down here. Here’s his Facebook updates if anybody wants to follow along.
