That won’t work. If he’s in the storm surge area and probably won’t dealing with the roof. His foundations could be very deep into bedrock but the walls of a standard house aren’t going to withstand the storm surge. If you see in the videos and pics I posted earlier a major storm surge will break even concrete walls. Unless those straps are anchored into bedrock won’t do much in a major wind. If they’re just anchored down in the sod of yard as soon as the soil gets satured they will lose their grip. Then those straps and anchors will become flying tentacles with hooks at the ends.
Central pressure was up to 944 mb as of the last measurement that I can find... couple of hours ago, so hopefully still rising.
The national weather service is now saying to shelter in place. It's too late to evacuate. I'm not a religious person but there isn't much more to do now but pray that things don't end up as bad as they are looking they could.
Said it before…but my brother lives near Orlando with his wife. He’s always prepared for this stuff as well as you can be, but obviously I’m concerned for him. He should be ok because he’s further inland, but hope he doesn’t have a ton of property damage either.
Thanks buddy…he’s significantly older than I am (as I remind him from time to time) so it’s just him and his wife. Both in good health so no other concerns for this outside of just managing the storm.
On the one hand, more good news, as pressure up over 940 mb as of 5 p.m. EST, but damn, look at this graphic of the expanding wind field overall:
It looks like it's going to go right up Tampa Bay. Not a meterologist, but that seems like it's kinda funnel shaped, and what with all the water rushing in there.... Are we going to get a demonstration of Bernouli's principle writ large on top of the city of Tampa? High speed water jet right through downtown Tampa?
I thought the same thing…it’s like it’s rounding the base to bust someone up…my brother has been rooting for it going south but if it takes that angle that’s awful says me (my wife makes fun of me for being a lawyer while also being a weather man and a doctor lol) …but that looks bad!
I’m not an expert in this but I would figure there might be a significant storm surge. While Bernoulli effect likely plays a role (increase in velocity of a flow from high pressure to low pressure) it’s the stacking of water as the surge hits the shallows. The big sign will be if we see Tampa Bay suddenly empty which will mean a big surge is following. Another thing I heard from the storm in the Philippines was that the storm surge didn’t come all at once but in three cycles.
I have family in Lakeland, which is roughly halfway between Tampa and Orlando. their house has already flooded, and Milton hasn't even made landfall yet.
