The Weather Thread | San Francisco under rare tornado warning

[Carolina Jones]

Milton will be the 10th major hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in the last 7 years.

Hurricane fatigued Gulf Coast braces for 10th major landfall since 2017

Hurricane fatigue is real for the Gulf Coast, which has been battered by storms in recent years

www.wral.com

 

[CFordUNC]

Milton will be the 10th major hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in the last 7 years.

Hurricane fatigued Gulf Coast braces for 10th major landfall since 2017

Hurricane fatigue is real for the Gulf Coast, which has been battered by storms in recent years

www.wral.com

Surely purely coincidental!

 

[altmin]

8 am update: 155 mph - cat 4, but right on the line

Intensity models: Red line added by me for landfall window.

also the UKXI model is a doomsday prepper.

 

[theel4life]

NHC now predicting Cat 4 at landfall.

 

[Carolina Jones]

NHC now predicting Cat 4 at landfall.

I know someone else who's been saying that.

 

[Carolina Jones]

Tornado was on the ground near Fort Lauderdale.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[uncgriff]

Can it go to Mar a Largo?

 

[circlesky88]

Can it go to Mar a Largo?

The Democrats controlling the weather theory would really pick up steam then.

 

[Carolina Jones]

Milton is down to 130 mph. There are lots of tornado warnings now in Florida.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[hedge]

Not to say it couldn't be used after the storm's passing, but I did arch my eyebrows at this: "To connect to a satellite, you need to be outside with a clear view of the sky and horizon."

 

[nycfan]

Not to say it couldn't be used after the storm's passing, but I did arch my eyebrows at this: "To connect to a satellite, you need to be outside with a clear view of the sky and horizon."

yeah, you also need cell connection

 

[nycfan]

 

[sunnyheel]

 

[nycfan]

WTAF is wrong with people?

 

[BillOfRights]

yeah, you also need cell connection

Actually, you don't. This is new technology in iphones and Google Pixels that enable you to send messages via satellite.

 

[hedge]

Evidently it only works on the latest version of iPhone. At least that's something...