I'm just sitting here - safe in Florida - and feeling guilty ...oh so guilty ... that I'm relieved we are not in the path of #HurricaneMelissa !

PLEASE help #Jamaica any way you can! They will not be able to handle this without much monetary help!

Please remember that this one is stronger than #HurricaneKatrina when it hit #NewOrleans and much stronger than #HurricaneMilton when it hit us here last year.

Pray for those who can't get out of her way!

Hurricane Milton 🌪️ The Most Dangerous Storm of the Year Strikes Florida 🌊

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Hurricane Milton 🌪️ The Most Dangerous Storm of the Year Strikes Florida 🌊

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For many Florida residents still recovering from #HurricaneHelene and #HurricaneMilton, it seems like last season never ended. Stay safe and be kind. #BePrepared #HaveAPlan #DisasterPreparedness #ResilienceMatters
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Managing Change: Storm Season

If you've been following me for a while, you know storms have been a recurring theme for me. As a lifelong Gulf Coast resident, tropical storms are a fact of life, and taking preparedness seriously serves you well, not just for these more frequent extreme weather events, but for other inevitable per

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a professor at USF is doing a study on the decision process of evacuating during hurricanes, asking questions of people who were in areas impacted by 2024 hurricanes milton &helene. #FLWx #hurricane https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eICwqAt25xeGeDs

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For #throwbackthursday not going too far back. From October 2024 in Downtown St. Petersburg, FL just days after #hurricanemilton blew through. The storm's fierce winds caused this construction crane to collapse and fall on a building across the street, I happened to be able to get these shots showing the scene. Taken w/#fujixt3 and #tamron18300mmf3563 lens. #stpete #stpetersburg #florida #tampabayarea #aftermath #stormdamage #naturaldisaster #crane #collapse #construction #constructionsite #damage #fallen #streetphotography #streetscenes #urban #urbanscenes #photojournalism #documentaryphotography #photo #photography #fujifilm #tamron

#HurricaneMilton’s fast spin-up in the Gulf of Mexico has been one of the most rapid intensifications of a hurricane on record.

Less than 2 weeks after #Helene, this is the last thing Florida wanted to see.

2 meteorologists explain what’s going on:
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🧪 🌍 #news
https://theconversation.com/hurricane-milton-explodes-into-a-powerful-category-5-storm-as-it-heads-for-florida-heres-how-rapid-intensification-works-240754

Hurricane Milton explodes into a powerful Category 5 storm as it heads for Florida − here’s how rapid intensification works

Milton’s fast spin-up in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the most rapid intensifications on record. Two scientists who study hurricanes explain why this happens and what’s changing.

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#Republican #Florida Ron DeSantis REFUSED to take any calls from #KamalaHarris about STORM RECOVERY. A DeSantis aide told NBC News, “Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer”.

REMEMBER this & #Vote accordingly in November. #HurricaneMilton hits Florida

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/kamala-harris/ron-desantis-harris-call-hurricane-helene-political-rcna174276

Ron DeSantis is refusing to take Harris' call on Hurricane Helene

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state.

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Feeling a bit despondent today.

Because of the hurricanes, I can't work in my office because there is mold remediation happening in the building.

Because of the hurricanes, we have to remove an 80 year old oak tree that is leaning toward our house, one that will almost certainly crush half of our house in another hurricane.

So I have to witness the massacre of this great tree while I try to work from home. It is snowing sawdust. Chainsaws groan and scream. Loud thuds let me know every bough that is felled. It really sucks to be responsible for the dismantling of a great tree. I feel like we should be dismantling the house instead.

#HurricaneMilton
#ClimateChange
#trees
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#sad

Imagine if elon used his obscene wealth to help ppl instead of hurting them. So many ppl are suffering but instead of doing something good in the world, he's focused on destroying democracy & attacking trans ppl.

Here are the stories of the ppl impacted by the devastating tornadoes that preceded #HurricaneMilton in FL.

So many natural disasters just in the last year. Fires, mudslides, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods💔

#TaxTheRich #EndTheOligarchy #ClimateCrises #bezos

https://youtu.be/ixVXaWpFmlE?si=JgrbFDBr7_7wVF_y

'The Day The Sky Turned': WPTV documentary on historic Oct. 9, 2024 tornado outbreak

WPTV looks back at the historic tornado outbreak on Oct. 9, 2024, caused by Hurricane Milton and the lives it affected.

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2024’s most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows

Analysis of insurance payouts by Christian Aid reveals three-quarters of financial destruction occurred in US

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