More than 5.5 million people evacuated in Florida due to Cyclone Milton
[Regnum] Millions of people have left their homes in the US state of Florida to escape the approaching cyclone Milton, The New York Times wrote on October 9.
"More than 5.5 million people have been forced to flee Florida's west coast, one of the largest evacuations in state history," the report says.
The evacuation in the state began on October 7, with the number of cars on the roads increasing by 1.5 times. The next day, the flow increased. Even those who stayed in place during previous storms decided to leave.
Milton threatens the densely populated Tampa Bay region, which has not been directly impacted by a hurricane in more than a century. The storm is expected to make landfall late on Oct. 9 or early on Oct. 10.
Local authorities urged people to evacuate as quickly as possible and go to nearby shelters. Tolls on the roads were abolished and traffic was allowed on the shoulders.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, a state of emergency has been declared in the state of Florida, in accordance with the order of US President Joe Biden. The region will receive assistance at the federal level. Milton is expected to reach the Florida Peninsula on October 9 or 10. Destructive waves over three meters high are predicted on the West Coast, including Tampa Bay.
Climatologists have suggested that Milton could strengthen to a category six storm, which does not yet officially exist. According to Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, Milton could cause the greatest destruction in history, as it exceeds the power of Katrina in 2005.
More from regnum.ru Forecaster Shuvalov called Milton a hurricane of colossal force
Hurricane Milton, approaching the American state of Florida, will have colossal strength and may receive a yet non-existent danger class. This was stated on October 9 by the head of the Meteo forecasting center Alexander Shuvalov.
According to him, the maximum wind speed of this hurricane reaches 260-270 km/h, although at 150 km/h people are knocked off their feet. Moreover, "Milton" will bring with it a very large set of unpleasant phenomena.
"Firstly, this is a fantastically large amount of precipitation, up to 50 centimeters in certain places. Wind speed, surge wave up to 4-5 meters high, that is, the first floors are completely clearly covered," Shuvalov said during a press conference.
Due to its colossal destructive power, Milton could be assigned a sixth level of danger, of which there have been five to date.
The hurricane is currently forecast to be heading toward central Florida, but it is difficult to say where it might move. The danger zone is a fairly narrow strip, but authorities have forced about 6 million people to evacuate due to a possible shift to the north or south, the forecaster added.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, according to the assessment of the scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand, Milton is more powerful than Hurricane Ivan the Terrible, which passed through the Caribbean in 2004, and even Katrina of 2005, which caused the most extensive damage to the United States. According to the forecaster, the new hurricane could become the most destructive in history.
The hurricane is threatening the densely populated Tampa Bay region of Florida. The storm is expected to make landfall late on Oct. 9 or early on Oct. 10. More than 5.5 million people have already fled their homes, The New York Times reported.
Even more from regnum.ru Vilfand assessed the destructive power of Hurricane Milton
Tropical cyclone Milton, moving toward the American state of Florida, could cause the greatest destruction in history. This was stated by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand.
He estimates that Milton is more powerful than Hurricane Ivan the Terrible, which hit the Caribbean in 2004, and even Katrina in 2005, the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history.
“We will need to evaluate it later based on the destruction and speed, but right now, according to the forecast, this is the impression,” Vilfand told RIA Novosti.
The destruction from such a strong hurricane will be most powerful, and it cannot be avoided. It is possible to minimize losses and try to evacuate as many residents as possible. We are talking about millions of lives, the forecaster added.
at 1100pm EDT. Hurricane moving across central FL at about 17 mph which will take it to the Atlantic Ocean by about sunrise local time. It is, based on radar, now a category 2 storm but continuing to weaken and will likely be a category 1 storm when it moves offshore into the Atlantic.
Some ferocious precipitation rates have been recorded with 3, 4 and even 5" of rain in an hour. The highest wind I saw reported was 86 mph but no doubt other reports have yet to come in. Again I have not seen reports of severe storm surge but as it is night we will have to wait for morning to ascertain what happened on that issue.
Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds on Wednesday near Siesta Key, Florida, slamming into the state's west coast before churning its way eastward.
The hurricane was later downgraded to a Category 2 storm and has since been downgraded to a Category 1 storm.
During an appearance on Fox Weather, St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson confirmed there have been 17 tornadoes along with several fatalities.
As of 1 a.m. Thursday, power was out for more than 2 million customers, with roughly 300,000 customers losing power in one hour.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has activated thousands of National Guard members who are standing by to conduct search and rescue following the storm. President Biden's administration has also pre-deployed resources and hundreds of personnel.
Biden declared Florida a disaster area ahead of Milton's landfall to facilitate FEMA's preparations and response.
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The storm surge was what I was most worried about.
Because vortex landfall was a bit south of Tampa Bay there was little surge north of Sarasota.
All coastal areas between Sarasota and Ft Myers received some significant storm surge. Charlotte Harbor and Venice look to be especially hard hit but even there the surge seems to have been 5 feet or less.
North of Sarasota, wind and rain were the main problems.
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I did a quick internet search and found nothing in the news media about this. Surely if the Japanese government had informed one of the richest men in the world that they were deeply displeased with his actions, there would have been lots of big articles in the leading newspapers and television news shows.
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I don't know if there's any truth to the "Japan/abortion drugs" story, but I remember during the Covid fiasco that Gates wondered aloud whether governments should drop vaccines from the sky so that the populace would have no choice in whether to accept the vaccines.
Biological Agents, such as the non-vaccine Vax, and any number of other things possibly only described as numbers which have been on the shelf for a while and priced to move.
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Japan's prison system is....interesting. Their death row inmates have no idea when they will be executed. A guard simply shows up to take them from cell to hanging, no warning given.
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[Military] More than two dozen Navy ships -- including three that are currently in service -- received faulty welds at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, the service's top civilian leader told lawmakers last week.
In a letter to Congress dated Oct. 3, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said that poor welds were found on the aircraft carrier USS George Washington as well as the attack submarines USS Hyman G. Rickover and USS New Jersey. In addition, the welding issues were identified on 23 more ships -- a mix of new construction, ships in maintenance and aircraft carriers undergoing refueling.
The existence of faulty welds became public nearly two weeks ago when USNI News, citing a Navy memo, reported that the sea service was told by Huntington Ingalls, or HII, that workers did not follow proper techniques on some joints in noncritical areas and that early indications suggested that some of the issues were intentional.
Del Toro said that he became aware of the issue on Sept. 24, just days before the details became public.
A week later, the House Armed Services Committee formally demanded answers from the Navy in a letter to Del Toro where they asked for a briefing from the Navy leader by this Friday.
In his letter to Congress, Del Toro broadly stressed that the Navy "has assessed that the welds were not components or systems that affect ship safety or operations" and they "determined the ships are safe to operate."
Meanwhile, the shipyard's president, Jennifer Boykin, said in a social media post that HII learned of the issue after some of its workers "did the right thing and came forward by either self-reporting or calling the HII OpenLine." Boykin did not go into when the self-reporting occurred or how long it took HII to tell the Navy.
Todd Corillo, a spokesman for the company's shipbuilding division, said that once those reports were made, "we followed our protocol, took action to communicate with our customers and regulators in a timely manner and began working the issue with the Navy."
The Newport News shipyard is owned by one of only two companies that build nuclear-powered warships for the U.S. Navy and it is the only yard that builds the new Ford-class aircraft carrier.
As all of the involved parties investigate the issues, the prospect of operational effects appeared to be minimal.
Both the USS Rickover and USS New Jersey are newly commissioned submarines -- the New Jersey entered Navy service just last month -- and so any deployment is still months, if not years, away.
Meanwhile, the USS George Washington is in the middle of shifting its homeport to Japan and is similarly not slated for an operational deployment in the near future.
Both Del Toro and HII said that they've passed the matter on to the Justice Department for investigation, and Del Toro told Congress that "the Navy is evaluating all legal options and reserving our rights accordingly."
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What exactly constitutes a "non-critical area" on a warship? Is it something like the hull which is non-critical until it breaks and you really need it, like right now?
Being government work, one would expect lots of paperwork, inspections and sign-off. (corrections welcome) This smells like institutional problems, something deeper than just a bunch of newly-hired welders and inspectors.
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