https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hurricane...on of October,seeding it with freezing nuclei. They have to keep trying to dump ice in these things. One of these times, it might work.
When my Father was young (9 - 10), a nearby River got loose and his house was flooded. As an Adult he never wanted to live in a situation with the possible risk of flood damage because of what he went through when he was young. My brothers, sisters and myself adopted a similar mindset and none of use have come close to being flooded. Sometimes streets are flooded and we are unable to go anywhere for a few hours, but never close to having homes flooded. I understand that some in Florida are going without Insurance, but I don't think that I could change enough mentally to do something like that.
Yeah, it’s not for everyone for sure. Same can be said about Houston or any gulf coast area. I’ve had my house and multiple properties flooded in Houston and surrounding areas several times. Just part of living down here. Every place has its natural disaster potential. I couldn’t do earthquakes, mudslides or even the big fires that some states get. Wyoming is on fire right now. Middle America with the Tornadoes, I know we get them, but those scare me.
Tornado 'outbreak' across central Florida at least 10 confirmed so far -- the feeder bands are exploding into supercells.
His logic is that no matter how high the water rises, he's in a boat and it will float so he's good. I guess someone forgot to tell him that a boat can CAPSIZE. RIP.
Someone needs to tell this person the bad news... https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/us/florida-hurricane-milton-evacuation-stay/index.html For others, another evacuation two weeks after Helene – and deep into the 2024 hurricane season – simply was too much. “It’s, like, PTSD,” said Holly Speckhart, who planned to weather Milton with Marran in their five-story building while watching Tampa Bay Rays baseball, sipping a Modelo, resting on inflatable mattresses in an interior hallway and, if needed, escaping the worst in an interior stairwell.
Yeah, I find these most worrying (from where we are). Some of them were like 20-30 minutes from where we live. That said, my tennis buddies and I have decided to play tennis at 6 pm and bring lots of booze. Wind starting to really pick up here already. This will be an interesting night.
Time is running short to evacuate. If you live in the path of the storm or know people who do please get to safety yourself or tell others to. I have some time today so put together a quick video for whatever small bit this can help.
Yah those people taking pictures and selfies shown in the top right camera are asking for it. I guess they want to see if they'll be lucky today or not.
I dont know if this will work, but this dude in Fl poured concrete 4 feet deep for his pilings and is strapping his roof down like a trucker does on a flatbed trailer....................never thought of this but dam this could be a thing @rocketsjudoka what do you think??
I like that this experiment will have a "control" via the nearby houses. Thinking of just the shear forces, this seems to help with one primary wind vector but not necessarily others. And brick walls still primarily hold loads vertically and and just poop for shear forces. (But I yield the floor to achitects.)
