I was asked to make a Milton megathread, so that is what I am doing. I’m going to be somewhat busy this evening, so I don’t think I’ll be able to quickly or easily update the thread with new information, but here are some resources:

Rotating live feed of multiple Tampa Bay webcams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWisr5zg3so

Higher resolution Naples pier feed: https://naplespanorama.org/

Live amateur storm chaser coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-V_YnmER0Y

WFLA News 8, St. Petersburg, FL’s live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WXtB4zjhME

NOAA Milton resources: https://www.noaa.gov/milton

National Hurricane Center: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

FEMA’s Hurricane Milton page: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/current/hurricane-milton

FEMA hurricane safety information: https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes#before

Florida government updates on Milton: https://www.floridadisaster.org/disaster-updates/Hurricanemilton/

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Milton page - https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Emergency-Operations/Hurricane-Milton/

If anyone has any others to add within the next two or three hours of this posting (3:18 pm EST, Wednesday October 9), I’ll be able to add them.

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    I guess they didn’t learn their lesson from when thousands of prisoners were abandoned in their cells during Katrina.

    Did the authorities responsible for that go to prison themselves?

    If not, then the Florida prison officials apparently did learn from it.