Say older, because, well am.
Your soil is not dry and water runoff will be huge issue.
Ive never been a first responder, but i was in New Orleans day after Katrina.
Was there to check on a customers data center and to verify water had not penetrated.
Also, my father was a Navy Botswain.
He spent 2 years on the ocean.
Served as a senior botswain on USS Galveston and USS Ticonderoga, the since scrapped ships.
My father is since dead, but he said to me before going to Louisiana.
Hold back. Do not go early.
He explained how the worst of the storm is outside your perimeter.
It is on the farside when coming from the west.
Worst is east side!
He also warned, under no circumstance get in front of the surge.
He explained, this storm energy you cannot comprehend and the water will be high.
He went through several hurricanes.
As a Navy Boat guy?
Hurricanes, during his time, meant, the sailors inside the hull, prayed to God, the Botswains did their duty topside.
Times have changed (doppler radar and Navy no longer runs thru storms) and the Navy no longer needs guys like my dad, but bad weather is still here.
2 things will leave you with.
Recently people have been reporting people tied to trees.
Damn right, they were tied to trees. Wasnt anything, but last survival attempt.
Water rises. You go to the top of your house.
Water keeps rising.
Smart cookies know that roof might not be tall enough, so they grab rope before going up there.
Why rope, because the human being knows in that crazy moment, they need rope.
Same as my father when a boat was going under and the rigging had to be perfect.
Wish my father was still alive. Would love to talk to him, because the path of this storm and the energy it has?
CRAZY, it is a person killer for sure.
Finally, Milton, is potentially the worst storm I have ever seen. Not because of wind, but because of water deluge.
I’ve lived in the Houston area over 50 years and have been through my share of hurricanes and tropical storms.
It’s the storm surge and flooding that primarily does the killing. There is no way to fight it. After that, you have trees falling on people. If your house has large trees around it, you need to leave. Small trees usually just damage the roof. Large trees will go all the way through the roof, cars, etc.
Also, be aware that hurricanes can spawn tornadoes packing winds so strong they turn debris into deadly projectiles.
Well said.
Great reminder.
I just want to add something: You two people deserve a Golf Clap due to the knowledge you have espoused and in time of need help people get through the tough times with these hurricanes...OUTSTANDING!!! AND THANK YOU!!!!
I have lived in Houston (late '70s-early '80s) and you are spot on...Now live in Florida right in the path but higher than the people on the coasts...several of us have gotten together and one has a "high" wheeler to help others...
Thank you both again for caring about others!!!!
I wonder if that isn't one of the reasons FEMA wanted to stop debris removal. Projectiles, more damage, more death.
We went through Andrew decades ago and at least Milton won't make landfall as a cat 5.
Although a few years back hurricane Irma hit the west coast of Florida as a Cat 3, and the east coast saw historic flooding. Jacksonville was at high tide and combined with the rain and ocean water being forced into the river by the storm, many areas flooded worse than Tampa.
Speaking as someone who lost a house from it, what was your experience going through Hurricane Harvey?
Sorry to hear that. We were very fortunate. I live way out on the west side of Greater Houston. Most of our neighborhood should have flooded (when judging by the Harris County flood map), but did not. We even had all of our utilities. We just couldn't get out of the neighborhood until the water receded a bit. We have the "high ground" in relation to Houston.
For the benefit of others. It rained for four solid days. We got an entire year's worth of rain during that time. I was so happy to see the Sun that I took a picture of it.
Though I don't have to have flood insurance, I do now carry it because of the huge amount of development going on in my area. Harvey did us a favor by pointing out the flooding and all of this development requires huge lakes to catch the water as to not flood your neighbor. Still, something could go wrong and I want to be covered.
Those photos that got out of a stop sign being 3 feet underwater AND frozen solid IN THE SAME YEAR were nuts.
I don't want to get more specific as to where I am in relation to Houston, but thank you for sharing that story.
Those were the hardest days of my life. I can still smell the mold from re-entering the house once the waters receded--and I can still feel my sinuses swelling from said mold.
Thank you for sharing your story and knowledge. Pray
Thank you for reminding us to pray!!!
You come across as having an interest in US Naval history. One harrowing twenty hours in December 1944 Halsey sailed the 3rd fleet into Typhoon Cobra. It severely damaged the fleet sunk 3 destroyers and killed many hundreds of men. Wiki link is marginally accurate. I've read several books on the topic and thought it might interest you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra
So damn cool, you brought that up. My father told me about that when I was a young kid. I've never read books about it, but it is on my must read.
There is a critical point that happened in the Navy, that my dad used to talk about.
WW2 ships were not what he called 100 year storm ships. A storm could take them out and often, did.
He served on 2 end of WW2 ships that were no longer needed after the Vietnam War, the time he served.
He hated, but loved those ships.
They were not meant to be serving as they did. Way past their prime.
The Navy had their new class of ships that did not divert from weather.
The 100 year storm ships.
The bad boys of new steel class of ships.
My dad, was like, wtf.
Why am I subject to this as a sailor. Was a crazy time.
But, my dad knew how to secure rigging on those older ships.
He was so proud of that.
They knew things we don't. God bless you for sharing.
The book Halsey’s Typhoon has a ton of details on the storm. And it’s a great read.
I wonder if the first Jewish president of Mexico has anything to do with this newest weather event?
Thanks for sharing your passed on knowledge! Many fail to understand that listening to the people that came before us can be the difference between life and death! Their experience of how they survived should be priceless to those in the path of nature's wrath! Our biggest challenge is that the media focuses on producing fear instead of giving people practical solutions to avoid our demise!
Very interesting post.
Thank you for sharing!
I read it as if you would write about Helen and Milton as older persons and got pretty confused 😅
Two catagorey 5 storms in a week. GOD wins, there is no way these evil entities can keep doing this without any repercussions.
Follow this guy he is ex Army Helicopter pilot and grew up in the mountains ( Bat cave) Hendersonville....( Million views on some of his coverage) ...https://youtu.be/SPBtrJHADGE?feature=shared
Yeah I know of a guy in Asheville who posted photos of the tree trunk that chopped his house in two. He could walk down that trunk through his house and out the other side.
Update, downgraded from cat 5 to cat 3 at landfall Thursday. Stull a dangerous level. Keep praying g, let's watch it fizzle out amd the sun shine. Psa 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Vs30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
With God all things are possible.
Side note, I spent my first 18 months in the navy as a boatswains mate before I made a career move to Intel specialist. Went through major mid Atlantic hurricanes several times on an aircraft carrier. As large as those ships are the ocean demands respect.
They already sent hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to steal the election in the Arizona swing state. So we don’t have to worry about a natural or unnatural disaster. It’s the only reason they’re making these storms, to steal the election.
WOW
Does have a sort of, "Get off my lawn!" energy to it ...
I grew up in Bradenton, FL, just south of Tampa. I did my MS thesis research on hurricane effects. There was a hurricane that hit Tampa in the mid-1800s that is estimated to have had a surge of about 25 feet! Back then, there were probably only a few thousand people living in the entire Tampa Bay area. In the 1960s and 1970's, and probably through the '90s, entire subdivisions of houses were built just a few feet above the high tide level, so just a surge of 6-8 feet would destroy those homes (although at some point they required the first habitable level to be a certain height above high tide level). The property destruction of this storm has the potential to make EVERY prior hurricane (including Katrina and Andrew) pale in comparison! The only way such devastation will be avoided is if the storm landfalls south of the entrance to Tampa Bay. My mother is evacuating with my sister to my brother's house well inland, but they will probably be without power for many days (but my brother has a generator). Prayers to everyone in Florida!
Sticky because high effort, and low on the HAARP/weather modification retardation. This post also brings out a very good point about the amount of energy inside the storm. This storm has more energy in it than the United States will produce in a year. You absolutely 100% need your head checked if you think some secret government agency is steering these hurricanes like with a joystick or something.
Bro, Q even mentioned weather modification.
u/#q1448
https://x.com/In2ThinAir/status/1843109808121188600
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/hold-marjorie-taylor-greene-was-right-yes-scientists/
EVERY TIME 🤷♀️🤦♀️
Good reminder.
Important to understand, this is a potential major weather event and forget about anything else.
Focus on what is important.