Weather nerds........Milton
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17 all this political BS. Time to get down to some serious forecasts. Where's Cantore ?
I always think at some point someone said .... Hey I've got an idea, let's fly an airplane straight into it. Who wants to go first?
Probably just going in to change the direction of the path. New voter registration data came in *******************************************
Hey @615dawg... When you read through a thread like this and see how stupid some Mississippi State fans (and presumably graduates) are, it kinda feels like we may be overrated in the USNWR academics ratings, no? Anything better than 450 is probably too high with some of these morons dragging us down.
God speed Florida folks... Unless of course your an idiot that thinks the gubment made these hurricanes. In your case, go rest high on that mountain....
I'd think turbulence and downdrafts would be the biggie. The cruising speed of an airliner is maybe 550 mph (in much thinner atmosphere) but landing speed is pretty close to the wind speed of Milton. You get bounced around a lot more flying into a hurricane, but the relative wind speed, if that was the only factor, shouldn't be a huge deal. That said, I'm not going to fly into a hurricane.
Disney is closing everything in phases starting tomorrow, I think at noon. I believe the forecast is for 100 mph winds in Orlando.
My guess is any negativity toward "climate change" in general would be the second thing. Plus, a certain faith in humanity to adapt. As has been said in this debate a few times, humans' inventions (like say, medicine, air conditioning, insulation, etc.) have saved way more lives than they have caused deaths.
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Why and how did we get to a place where we think Tampa would not get hit with a major hurricane at some point in time? These storms have always happened and we continue to build bigger, more concentrated and more expensive every time they hit. Insanity anyone?
Yes they have and science and technology will likely help mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Ignore the unformed on the extremes and let scientists and engineers figure out solutions that are reasonable. I'm not giving up air conditioning, air travel, modern medicine etc.
"Ignore the uninformed on the extremes" is a really good and necessary life philosophy these days. It's harder than it should be sometimes, I'll admit.
Earth is 4.3 Billion years old. The climate of Earth has been changing for 4.3 Billion years. The climate of Earth will continue to change for the remainder of the existence of Earth. Humankind is a gnat's fart in relation to the climate history of Earth. Earth's climate has been MUCH more extreme. Long before humans occupied it. "Climate change" is short for income redistribution. That's why it's always tied to a tax of some sort
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Last I heard today was going to be its peak and then start coming back down for good. It went through an eyewall replacement cycle last night which weakened it, but it's coming back now and a 5 again.
Do you really think climate scientists are this selfish and so ignorant that they are unaware that earth's climate has changed over time? Is this something we should tell them? Do you really think scientists are gonna read this and say "oh shite, I didn't know that. All those years of education wasted." Climate changes from natural disasters have devastated some societies and the little Ice Age was unpleasant for lots of people. Try not to confuse science with public policy and conspiracies about taxes and redistribution pushed by some far lefties.
"Climate scientists " receive their income from government contracts. They're not independent
Oh no. You figured them out. It's like gravity. We pay taxes to build guard rails on bridges so cars and people don't fall off even though people have been falling down for eons and we're still here. They want to control us with taxes. Screw you Isaac Newton. No one who gets a government contract or is on the public payroll should be trusted. Only trust, uh, some other people. I'd trust a plumber's apprentice over a geologist at a state university on the topic of climate change.
All of them? They're all (or like 99%) corrupt and cooking their results? No idealistic respect for the scientific method? All across the globe?
I think some of you have never met a scientist in real life.
Of course it was always going to happen. Just like New Orleans 17 years ago. But greed leads to overbuilding and neglecting mitigation efforts. Everyone plays the game of thinking, it won’t happen while I own/insure the properties. But for a lot of people/companies, it inevitably will.
I spent everyday of the pandemic taking care of Covid patients, yet I will be damned if everybody with an internet connection didn’t know more about it than I did
Just like all scientists - we get grants to do research. That's how it works.
Is it possible to get this thread, back on track?
When is projected land fall?
When is projected land fall?
Don't ever listen to a college professor. They work for the government. Many get grants. Don't go to college. It's funded to a large degree by the government. Student loans are federally funded. Don't listen to anyone who ever got one. Read anyone on Twitter, even Russian bots, who call themselves patriot to get the truth. Listen to radio talk show hosts, who, unlike scientists, have no financial incentives to lie or be dishonest. And by all means avoid people who do research or who have read a lot of non-fiction books unless they were written by someone in the news infotainment industry.***
Milton is a monster storm and the name Milton is undeserved. For a break, here are some South Korean cheerleaders
1 AM, which is also why I keep trying to convince my coworkers to get the hell out of Dodge.
Back on track you say. OK. I have family in the area. It depends on the wobble. If it moves a bit north there will be billions more in damage than if it goes south to Bradenton. You'll still have devastation, some snowbird areas, a few fancy trailer park communities and golf communities, some have more than a few Yankee transplants, but Tampa and St. Pete would be spared much of it. Tampa and St. Pete do have some vulnerable areas: https://en-us.topographic-map.com/m...FoYD2KOb_-iVbCs8bg_aem_ncQIOKl8BlMxTsLq6FXyaA
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