Watching the live coverage from Florida on hurricane Milton is wild. Storm surge, devastating winds, random and strong tornadoes that pop up out of no-where. There's just so much going on all at the same time.
It's actually impressive how well the local news stations communicate everything. I just watched the local Tampa Bay news for like 5 minutes and in that time they communicated available shelters based on individual needs (new mothers, people with disabilities, etc.), the shelters that are now at capacity, the path of two active tornadoes (within the Tampa Bay area!!), the path of the hurricane and the forecasted storm surge and wind speed/direction, places you can still buy fuel and places where your electric vehicle will be safest. Unreal how organized and effective they are.
These folks haven't even recovered or cleaned up from Helene. We complain about our weather all the time, but we are so freaking lucky we don't have to deal with continent sized hurricanes and everything that comes with them.
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