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Milton 'erratically' approaches Florida, likely to become major hurricane (www.rawstory.com)

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Hurricane Milton was moving "erratically" through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center said, warning it will likely soon become a major hurricane.

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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks like it's gonna be basically tied for the record of highest windspeeds at landfall if you count it's course over Mexico as landfall. With these rapidly intensifying storms forming right off the coast, it's gonna be harder to flee in time...

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

We'd be stupid to include only effects on our territory. That creates a false narrative. You know what scares me? Milton formed it's tropical depression in the western gulf, which isn't unheard of but doesn't happen too often. Then it turned the wrong way. Tropical storms and hurricanes from the gulf generally go north before going east. Have we screwed the air and water currents so badly that storms are no longer on reliable tracks?

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 3 points 1 month ago

I meant if its not counted because the eye doesn't technically cross the land in a lot of the projections... irrelevant to those directly next to the eye along the coast, but possibly a technicality to not count it.