Hurricane Milton stands at a Category 4, the second highest rating on
the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It is expected to have winds stronger than 140 miles per hour.
In Hillsborough County, home to nearly 1.5 million people in the Tampa Bay Area, residents are scrambling as local leadership orders the evacuation of zones A and B — essentially anyone living immediately on the coast or just outside.
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Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away
If you can use some exotic booze, there's a bar in far Bombay
Come on and fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away...
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my 15th (+/-) hurricane - take this shit seriously. There's two simple rules about storms of this magnitude. First is, you can't do diddly-shit to mitigate what the storm wants to do, and, most important - no single possesion is worth risking near-certain death or injury. Juss' sayin'...
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in Crystal River, Florida. Whatever did happen to it last week, it's almost certain it won't make it through Milton. Too bad. Best fish sandwich in the south...
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Today should be okay, but god knows what the next coupla days'll
be like. If you're here with me in the Sunshine State, remember, better safe than sorry is the key. Good luck.
After today, I'll post what I can when I can...
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ReplyDeleteGood luck.
ReplyDeleteI stayed in Charleston for Hugo just a few miles from the coast guarding a warehouse full of boat engines , that was the last time I did something that stupid. Anything over a 1 I haul ass. Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteSnapper??? That was a term that we used to use for a part of the female body that sometimes smelled like fish.
ReplyDeleteAs a hilly billy. I pray my flat-lander brethren are kept safe and secure by the good Lord.
ReplyDeleteGood fortune and good luck.
ReplyDeleteBe safe Joe. Hoping for a good outcome for you and Mrs. Jackson. Spiro
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