12 Comments

I have 45 aluminum Miami-Dade shutters, most 7 feet long. I will start putting them up tomorrow cause at 85 it is a major task. Thanks for the Saturday post.

Expand full comment

I really don’t think we pay you enough!

I really appreciate your explanations and always depend on your forecast to advise family & friends….thank you again!!

Expand full comment

I hear you .... but REFUSE to click the heart!

Expand full comment
author

Understandable. We're all gonna protest this in our own way.

Expand full comment

Bad news is bad news... bur way worse if it takes us by surprise... thanks, as always for the information!!

Expand full comment

We are very concerned about the Englewood area. Will Monday be too late for getting someone over to put up shutters and pull down the windscreen? We are trying to get an elderly relative to take this seriously. Is Milton going to be more like Ian or the recent spare if storms that have had minimal impacts in her area?

Expand full comment
author

I don't know at this point if Milton will cross north, south, or over Englewood. If it goes to the south, it's a wind but not much of a surge event. Direct hit or track to the north means winds and severe surge. The probability of severe surge is high enough that it needs to be prepared for as if it is going to happen. This same is true from the Nature Coast south to Marco Island.

I'll have a new update in a few hours with the latest. Writing now.

Expand full comment

Thanks for your response. Her development did not get any inundation from Helene (we were there then) but some major wind damage from Ian (we were also there for that). Her hurricane protection protected her house from significant damage in Ian . We are watching you and Milton closely.

Expand full comment

Thank you for what you do!

Expand full comment

information is power in my book, thank you for these...lb

Expand full comment

Thank you for the update! It seems Milton is heading straight for us on Venice Island. No peaceful waffle eating here!

Expand full comment

I think this is going to be a “real pumpernickel”

Expand full comment