Stay Safe Florida Scoopers

[Goose]

dgies

I hope all of our scoop friends in FL, especially SW FL, have a safe week. Definitely keeping an eye on things and sending positive vibes down to FL.

[tower912]

Will this be Paradise Lost, by Milton?

[The Sultan]

Will this be Paradise Lost, by Milton?

This thing isn't coming ashore anywhere close to Milton.

[tower912]

Fair.  That was the last one.

[Jockey]

Finally heard from my cousin. Bad flooding - stranded for 3 days with no power. House will be salvageable but her daughter's house is gone.

To make things worse - when she finally contacted family in Kenosha she leather brother died unexpectedly last week.

Scoopers, be thankful for your good lives. I left home Friday for a monthlong vacation and I will be appreciative for every minute.

[tower912]

Scoopers, be thankful for your good lives.

This can never be said often enough.

[pbiflyer]

Latest track is more south, good news for storm surge in Tampa Bay. Bad news for us and folks south of Tampa.
Not sure what our little ones in Orlando are going to do now. The plan was to have them come down here.

[Uncle Rico]

Latest track is more south, good news for storm surge in Tampa Bay. Bad news for us and folks south of Tampa.
Not sure what our little ones in Orlando are going to do now. The plan was to have them come down here.

We better send the army there

[Scoop Snoop]

We better send the army there

Coast Guard.

[Uncle Rico]

Coast Guard.

Troops can stop a hurricane

[Pakuni]

Troops can stop a hurricane

Via drone attack on the people controlling the weather.

[Jockey]

We better send the army there

Don't worry. Joe and Kamala will guide the storm to a red area of the state.

[Uncle Rico]

Don't worry. Joe and Kamala will guide the storm to a red area of the state.

Probably.  Pudding Fingers better get the boots with the lifts on

[pbiflyer]

Probably.  Pudding Fingers better get the boots with the lifts on

Rhonda loves playing dress up.

[JWags85]

Latest track is more south, good news for storm surge in Tampa Bay. Bad news for us and folks south of Tampa.
Not sure what our little ones in Orlando are going to do now. The plan was to have them come down here.

Yea, relative good news for the TB area.  Spent the morning and first half of the early games filling sandbags with/for my parents and assorted other people at the stations they've set up. Still gonna get wind, but this will hopefully mitigate the storm surge so quickly after Helene.  As a silver lining, Helene def woke people up to prepare and get ready for Milton, which I don't think was the case pre-Helene, I was guilt myself.  The projected surge if Milton didn't move south would have been just horrific so close after.

I would think your family in Orlando should probably be good to stay with the new path?

[MuggsyB]

dgies

I hope all of our scoop friends in FL, especially SW FL, have a safe week. Definitely keeping an eye on things and sending positive vibes down to FL.

Ditto.  Well said Goose. 

[reinko]

I hope reinko has safely made it down and his hightailing it back to Md.

Thanks tower, it's delayed my trip 😞, wil be down there as soon as it is safe.

[Lennys Tap]

Thanks tower, it's delayed my trip 😞, wil be down there as soon as it is safe.

Hope your Mom is OK.

[dgies9156]

Thanks everybody for your kind thoughts. Ms. Dgies and I as well as our fellow Floridians appreciate your concerns.

Many of us, myself included, have been known to make fun of Floridians -- and with good reason. But like tornados, earthquakes and even bad blizzards, when this stuff happens, we stand together as one. For all its flaws, our state government and major private institutions in Florida are really good at hurricane recovery. After Hurricane Ian a few years ago, thousands of utility trucks and Publix trucks waited just outside the impact zone to get the power on and provide water and other essentials.

Ms. Dgies and I are in Hungary this week on a long planned Danube cruise. So we will be safe. But please keep our fellow Floridians in your prayers this week.

[pbiflyer]

Yea, relative good news for the TB area.  Spent the morning and first half of the early games filling sandbags with/for my parents and assorted other people at the stations they've set up. Still gonna get wind, but this will hopefully mitigate the storm surge so quickly after Helene.  As a silver lining, Helene def woke people up to prepare and get ready for Milton, which I don't think was the case pre-Helene, I was guilt myself.  The projected surge if Milton didn't move south would have been just horrific so close after.

I would think your family in Orlando should probably be good to stay with the new path?

I suspect the track will move a bit both directions in the coming days. Right now, one headed home, one staying. With the storm slowing, it gives her a bit more time to change her mind. One of her roommate's family is at ground zero in Sarasota. They just moved there last year. 
Sadly, wherever landfall occurs, it will be ugly.

[dgies9156]

Current expected track for Milton.

First time a hurricane went this way since 1867.

[MuggsyB]

All of Marquette nation is rooting for you brother dgies.  Please be safe. 

Oh....you're in Hungary.   I still hope your property survives. 

[jesmu84]

Current expected track for Milton.

First time a hurricane went this way since 1867.

Doesn't this seem odd to anyone? Especially during an election year

[🏀]

Troops can stop a hurricane

What about nukes?

[Uncle Rico]

What about nukes?

You can't nuke a hurricane because the government controls them both.  The troops are anti-government and would be better suited to stop a hurricane, even if they are suckers and losers