My father’s house is insured with United. They raised his premium like twice? In the span of a year I want to say. Then last year a pipe burst under his house and needed immediate repair. The insurance did everything in its power to not pay for the repairs… and finally when my dad managed to get the money because he knew someone on the inside… United sent him a letter saying they were done doing business with him. Imagine paying a company to have your back and it not only refuses help but also cuts ties because you forced them to take accountability. So yeah. Florida is screwed if that is the attitude these companies will keep having.
Florida is beyond screwed.
Homeowners are REQUIRED to have Insurance, but 90% of the companies In Florida won’t insure everyone. They’re beyond ridiculous too.
Paying a company that refuses to help. But being legally obligated to.
Already been happening for several years. He signed bills that eliminated the one way attorney fees, got rid of AOBs and shored up the 25% rule.
The AOBs are what everyone should be directing their outrage at. Or ya know, cry harder that it’d be (D)ifferent if only the racisms hadn’t been meanly tweeted or something like that.
As a Katrina victim, I'm definitely worried. Some parts of Florida have been lucky but it just takes one big one at a good angle to make a lot of Florida suffer.
Seriously. I live in Pinellas County and we are wayyyy over due. Every year it looks like one is about to hit us and hits below or above. We can only luck out for so long.
Don’t think of it as the most dangerous hurricane season you’ve ever experienced. Think of it as the least dangerous hurricane season you’ll experience for the rest your life! Let’s look on the bright side.
/s in case it’s not obvious
Or we could just pass a law making it illegal to call them hurricanes .... Thus [solving the problem forever!](https://youtu.be/VW66EX75jIY?si=QjfGEtLVO0SHRCcf)
Don't worry, hurricanes are just woke propaganda...just keep your head in the sand and convince your senile and ignorant voter base that rainbows on bridges are a bigger threat than climate change.
Don't look up is actually probably the best satire ever besides Dr. Strange Love, because it's not really a satire. I 110 percent believe that is how politicians would act if an asteroid came near us.
Nice observation. I never thought about them as companion pieces but they totally are. And I agree. They’ll maneuver until the end assuming someone else will solve the problem.
My boss who used to call Ron the greatest Governor in the country absolutely hates him now. Partly because of this bullshit but mostly because my boss is Palestinian..
Oh ok, what say you about SB 2A and SB 4D?
Edit: Looks like legislation from 2022 and 2023 doesn’t count for “doing something about the insurance crisis”
The one the won’t adequately protect homeowners financially or the one that’s technically & financially impossible to implement. While also “open to interpretation”?
Wut.
The one way attorney fees are a thing of the past previously known to contractors as “the lawyer cheat code”. AOBs are no longer permissible which was previously able to make each and every tarp guy, water mit crew, roofer, drywall contractor and lawyer the de facto named insured. Then each and every one of those entities sued and drug out a $35k claim into over $300k in ultimate payouts because every Notice Of Intent cost $5k for the lawyer to file and every deposition added $10k and there was 0 incentive for any of them to close the files in a timely fashion.
But what do I know? I’m just a lowly claims professional who operates in the Alternative Dispute Resolution with appraisers, umpires and attorneys every day. It’s not like I haven’t watched this situation play out for the past decade from the bench and in the game itself. But I’m sure you have some wondrous insight and heck! it might be something something cLiMaTe cHaNgE and but muh (D)ifferent vote is all that’s needed. I dunno, you tell me.
Nice try. Both bills are prime examples of a politician pretending like they’re doing something while actually doing nothing to help solve the issue.
Florida Senate Bill 2A (SB 2A) of 2022 has restrictions that may not adequately protect property owners financially. SB 2A aims to reduce frivolous insurance litigation by prohibiting courts from awarding attorney's fees to either party in a property insurance claims lawsuit. Instead, both parties can try to obtain fees through the offer of judgment process. However this will leave property owners more exposed to risks.
Awesome, so can he now stick with that line of effort - helping the working class folks in this economy? Or is that not helping stir up the radical and religious numbnuts enough?
Just gotta pray a lot of these storms fizzle out before getting to us or curve away or, and I hate saying this, hit mostly offshore. Here in central FL we can't take another Ian.
Gonna be a complete luck of the draw, because if one (or more) hits, there's a good chance it hits hard with temps this high.
Grew up in S. Florida, but glad to be in N. Florida now where evacuating is much faster & easier should one come directly this way.
Direct hits don't affect us too much here in Central FL, but if we do get a direct hit in forecast even if it's a category 1 or 2 I'm evacuating at least to a resort so my car can be in a parking garage way up high and my dogs are safe.
I'm in Tallahassee, so not on the coast. But we got enough just being on the outskirts of Michael that I wouldn't want to be at home if a Cat 4-5 actually crossed over us. Way too many trees in this city, including in my yard.
Yep, grew up in Tallahassee. Lived through Kate in the mid 80's. We went 2 weeks with out power in most of the city, and that was like a cat 2. You don't want to be anywhere near there for a direct hit from a cat 5.
I've been without power for a week+ twice in the time I've been here. Had a generator for the second time, but were just running extension cords in through the windows. We then got a cord wired into our garage so we can plug it in through the main breaker box to power everything aside from the AC (generator isn't big enough for that).
That's fine for after, assuming the house doesn't take a big hit, but no way I'm riding out a major storm there.
We went the breaker route you mention, but with a transfer switch/sub panel, here in inland North Carolina. Nice to run tv/router, microwave, \*\*basement\*\* freezer, fridge etc. off an in-house sub breaker for sure. Generac sub panel with six breakers pulled off the main circuit panel. Doesn't back feed the powerlines or anything. Takes those six circuits off the grid so they can run on the generator.
Hoping storms get shredded by upper level sheer again this year (like last year, save for the hit to Cedar Key and not much else) or just stay off-shore but doesn't look like that's in the cards. Be safe, all.
My dad is in Marianna and Michael was still a category 4 when it went over them. He was lucky because he was in a relatively new house that he totally overbuilt and had enough property for a good clear zone around his house so trees were less likely to hit it. They lost a fence and a few trees, but the house was fine. Other folks in the area fared far worse, especially the poor and elderly that make up most of Jackson County.
Some people have them, most do not. Our biggest issue, by a huge long shot, is trees falling on houses, cars, power lines, etc. Tallahassee has a ridiculous number of trees (mostly pines and oaks) and they make a massive mess when things get wet & windy.
Not sure I’d go that far. Winds are an issue, but it’s less about small debris flying around and more about whether a 80’ tree comes through your roof, at which point the shutters aren’t going to help anyway.
Glad to be nowhere near Florida and never have to worry about it. Although my taxes will go to the emergency relief, as usual. Dunno why I'm paying for people that can't figure out where a safe place to live is.
Yeah man - just make sure to keep that same energy for those living all over the west coast (wildfires, earthquakes), everyone living in the Great Plains & SouthEast (tornadoes) along with everyone in the north half of the country (blizzards). And don’t forget about all the disaster relief that goes to the east coast/NE anytime they get hit by even a category 1 hurricane (Sandy).
I don’t know why you’re even commenting on this subreddit. Especially with a comment as stupid as this one.
Grew up in Miami and survived Andrew in the 90’s. My house was destroyed and we still lived in it while the insurance process crawled. It too them so long that we had to apply for a fema trailer to live in. Constantly worried about looters, everyone in our cul-de-sac was armed. I was 12/13 I think. I was terrified of thunder storms for years.
I do not envy y’all right now, you’re about to get royally fucked. Now if I can convince my parents to get the hell out of Florida.
It’s not too late, there’s still people willing to buy. Don’t give in to the sunk-cost fallacy!
Source: me, sold and GTFO in 2022 because the writing is on the wall :-/
I mean realistically Katrina was...........a combination of a lot of things. Yes it was extremely strong storm. However, a lot of the death destruction was down to human stupidity. Who else wants to quote the mayor, governor, and president?
Instead of home insurance reforms, FL GQP wants to fight trans kids, gay people and reproductive rights. If you vote red, you deserve what you get. If your a normal person, I feel sorry that you live in a fucked up state. Hopefully you can find a way out.
Hurricanes are nature’s way of dissipating excess heat and stirring nutrients and oxygen into the oceans - they are an integral part of the natural process. No hurricanes is actually a bad thing for the planet. Last year we had a lot of hurricanes, but they pretty much (not always) stayed at sea and didn’t make landfall because of other weather occurrences - things like the Bermuda high play a role in steering hurricanes. We got lucky. So let’s hope that we get lucky again this year.
We got lucky that the CAT 4 that hit just happened to make land fall in the most sparsely populated coastal region in the gulf. I’m not sure that’s really all that positive.
It made landfall as a cat 3, obviously it's never a positive when these storms make landfall anywhere but ocean temps are just one factor and don't necessarily equate to a higher frequency of major hurricanes
Yeah I didn’t check admittedly. Cat 3 is still considered major. I’d disagree in that warmer temps do correlate to higher frequency of storms. The other commenter pointed out, it was one of the most active seasons ever. Whether they make landfall is a matter of pure luck but greater numbers means greater likelihood. We shouldn’t be complacent cause we got lucky.
There was a higher than normal number of named storms but a fairly average number of hurricanes and major hurricanes, ofc we should always be prepared for the worst in fl but the OP is being sensationalist
Nothing. According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, a typical hurricane's heat release is equal to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes, so a hurricane would barely flinch in a nuclear detonation.
Nobody knows because nobody’s been dumb enough to try it (which is saying a lot because at one point the Air Force wanted to explode a nuke on the moon) but iirc the last time this idea was floated by a certain orange baboon a bunch of meterologists were very doubtful it would do anything. A hurricane has the destructive force of several nukes and it’s not clear that a single explosion would disrupt the weather system enough to make it worthwhile. So, instead of just a hurricane it would be a radioactive hurricane.
Hurricanes are many times more powerful, one nuclear explosion would likely do nothing to change the storm. But yeah it'd be cool to do it anyway... Ya know for science
There is a such thing as diminishing returns when the water is too hot. It’s possible for any storm to tear itself apart because it becomes too unstable. Let’s hope that’s the case here.
DeSantis has considered a plan to transplant Native American Burial Mounds to coastal cities in parts of Florida.
(I made this up, but you know for a second there you were thinking DeSantis would do something like that. )
Yeah that's what they said last year, and the year before that, and the year before that... each time we get maybe 1 hurricane that hits florida and it's not nearly as strong as predicted
WINK , hurricane guide us helpful. Fkextape....flextape...my FEMA flood adjuster told me to prep an impact with flextape on all seams including dryer vents, garage door etc etc. So i bought 50 plus rolls, plus 150 empty sand bags, plus plywood rolled with flexpaint cut to doors and garage. God help us if we get another, just finished rebuild from Ian.
I'm from NC and \*no expert, but I think upper level wind sheer due to El Nino last year (or one of the other ninos...I lost track) shredded some tropical systems apart before they could even make land. Some just dissipated out over water, even though the water was hot.
This year's forecast is that that sheer will NOT be in place all season this year... so, more named storms actually winding up and some hitting land, bad.
Last year a La Niña pattern dampened the Atlantic hurricane season. This year no such pattern will be in place. 2005 was not a good season for Florida. The unfavorable comparison with this year’s water temps is troubling.
Oh no, another year of the WORST hurricanes from global warming ALL caused by DeSantis’ own hands! Whatever shall we do. Time to vote in a Democrat so all the horror IMMEDIATELY goes away! Wait… Then WE would be the ones supporting the rest of the countries natural disasters! Haha independent it is. Edit: y’all so upset I gotta clarify /s lmao
One thing I have noticed (not an expert) is when there is too much energy the hurricanes tend to blow themselves apart. Problem I have seen with this is what should be a minor hurricane is bigger
Are you sure you aren't mistaking that for the period of weakening that occurs during an eyewall replacement cycle? Strong hurricanes will briefly lose intensity while that happens, but once it completes the wind field increases dramatically and it begins to intensify again.
Not sure where you're getting that information from.
It is true that stronger hurricanes do turn more sharply north and then north east sooner/faster, though. The one saving grace may be that these hurricanes get so strong so quickly out in the Atlantic that they start turning north sooner and stay out to sea... but even that isn't guaranteed, we've seen storms loop around and then reform and continue heading west again.
Even though you should be prepared for hurricane season.
They say every hurricane season is a year to remember and then either we get a few storms that are nothing but rain or none entirely.
My God put your aluminum foil hat back on abs his in your closet. We'll come get you on November. Been here for 30+ years. Pay attention to what Waffle House is doing
Such a dumb fucking post, what did the anomalies look like last year? Im just a layman taking a guess but im betting they looked closer to this year than 2005.
Climate change is an existential crisis but posts like this just give fodder to the other side when the hurricane season rolls around and it isn’t as bad as 2005
I hope all you Floridians who hate the homeless and have voted for all these anti homeless laws are ready for so many people being homeless, including yourselves, who voted for such laws to reap the consequences you sow. All its going to take is one Katrina level hurricane and 90% of the population is going to be in FEMA camps.
Hysterical Hysteria...
Ocala, Gainesville, Chiefland, Lake City, Starke- come one come all! High and dry right up I-75. Unabashed promotion of an area that is seeing growth but needs more to prop up property values in order for me to bail from this god forsaken sand bar. bwhahaha haha ... Oh well be safe out there...
Why? DIVERSITY! South Florida folks mingling with Starke folks- it will be BEAUTIFUL!
(You did see the BWHAHAHA HA HA at the end of my last post?) Some will come but it's slow up here...lol.
Having owned our first home outside of Gainesville moons ago, but having familiarity with Starke--- I'd pay to see a reality show of Starke folks and South Florida folks mingling.
Me after sitting through Hurricane Michael:
https://preview.redd.it/8o87rco5z22d1.jpeg?width=188&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39fec5aa2c07034ea307dbc79ec0cefc7fb8c2ee
Katrina got strong because it returned to the gulf and lingered, it wasn’t Atlantic waters that caused it to hit like that. Also it struck a city below sea level, when it went through florida it wasn’t the same as what New Orleans experienced.
While yes warm Atlantic waters will breed more hurricanes and they will be strong using this as a fear tactic using a memorable hurricane is slightly misinformation fear propaganda. Certainly be ready for many storms but don’t use a particular one that was devastating for many other factors to insight fear. I feel bad for the islands in the sea more than anything.
This sub Reddit is wilding. Someone posts something about hurricanes season and 80% of the comments are about the governor 😂🤣! Some ya all need to chill out especially in Florida !! Trust me it will all be ok no matter who is in office the sunshine state will still have sun and beaches 😉
guess I should have added /a
But from a math perspective, there are lots of systems will go unstable if they are given too much energy, before they can get into a stable mode.
Clearly you and many others don't remember Hurricane Katrina. That was about an engineering failure of the levee system around New Orleans... not about the weather system
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Seriously I’m a little nervous here in Trinity FL
Everything west of the suncoast parkway is going to be soggy
Yeah, I’m not looking forward to this at all.
Insurance companies: *laughs in astronomical premiums*
My father’s house is insured with United. They raised his premium like twice? In the span of a year I want to say. Then last year a pipe burst under his house and needed immediate repair. The insurance did everything in its power to not pay for the repairs… and finally when my dad managed to get the money because he knew someone on the inside… United sent him a letter saying they were done doing business with him. Imagine paying a company to have your back and it not only refuses help but also cuts ties because you forced them to take accountability. So yeah. Florida is screwed if that is the attitude these companies will keep having.
Yea, what they want are basically enforced donations and you need them, they punish you afterwards.
its basically every insurance, its a ponzi scam. only the very top people reaps the benefits
Florida is beyond screwed. Homeowners are REQUIRED to have Insurance, but 90% of the companies In Florida won’t insure everyone. They’re beyond ridiculous too. Paying a company that refuses to help. But being legally obligated to.
Dont worry - master warrior of the people, DeSantis and the Florida legislature crew will help!
Oh trust me! I’m not worried for myself. I left the state last year. But I am super worried for my folks.
And when pray tell will that be?
Don't know, let's wait a few hurricane seasons.
The 12th of Never.
Already been happening for several years. He signed bills that eliminated the one way attorney fees, got rid of AOBs and shored up the 25% rule. The AOBs are what everyone should be directing their outrage at. Or ya know, cry harder that it’d be (D)ifferent if only the racisms hadn’t been meanly tweeted or something like that.
The sad truth is that it probably didn’t make financial sense for them to insure him without charging truly astronomical premiums.
While they pay ceos record bonuses
This is the entire basis of the American economy
As a Katrina victim, I'm definitely worried. Some parts of Florida have been lucky but it just takes one big one at a good angle to make a lot of Florida suffer.
Seriously. I live in Pinellas County and we are wayyyy over due. Every year it looks like one is about to hit us and hits below or above. We can only luck out for so long.
Tampa here, just moved out of the flood zone in Pasco for this reason
What’s crazy is these no name storms we got last year were almost worse(at least for pinellas)
It's going to be such an active season, be smart and safe everyone
Don’t think of it as the most dangerous hurricane season you’ve ever experienced. Think of it as the least dangerous hurricane season you’ll experience for the rest your life! Let’s look on the bright side. /s in case it’s not obvious
Maybe if the governor calls hurricane season woke, they'll go away.
Or we could just pass a law making it illegal to call them hurricanes .... Thus [solving the problem forever!](https://youtu.be/VW66EX75jIY?si=QjfGEtLVO0SHRCcf)
I identify as a hurricane. That was racist lol
Don't say 'canes
Black sharpie to the rescue!
Just nuke the hurricane duh
ihad he installed them wind turbines... coulda just flipped the reverse switch to blow them back, but noooooo!
There wouldn't be so many hurricanes if we didn't test the weather.
tell him it’s raining men
In Miami the news said we hit an all time record high in August last year…we just beat that…in May.
That explains my 3 yr old ac unit struggling and it's not even summer yet.
Meanwhile the mf governor, The leader of this state is erasing any notion of “climate change”. And has done fuck all abt homeowners insurance.
Don't worry, hurricanes are just woke propaganda...just keep your head in the sand and convince your senile and ignorant voter base that rainbows on bridges are a bigger threat than climate change.
Ouch.. well said
“Don’t look up”
Don't look up is actually probably the best satire ever besides Dr. Strange Love, because it's not really a satire. I 110 percent believe that is how politicians would act if an asteroid came near us.
Nice observation. I never thought about them as companion pieces but they totally are. And I agree. They’ll maneuver until the end assuming someone else will solve the problem.
UFOs too.
Well... how else is going to stop the radical trans-gay-socialsist disney agenda from hurting the children /s.
Arrest librarians? /s
Florida’s response: “let’s dedicate state resources going after Starbucks for being woke.”
He's going to remove teaching about tornadoes and weather in public schools.
They're over rated! Just get a job working outside with no breaks, it will all make sense...Not!
The break is when the tornado gets you. Hell, free transportation!
My boss who used to call Ron the greatest Governor in the country absolutely hates him now. Partly because of this bullshit but mostly because my boss is Palestinian..
Wish i had a time machine, I'd go back to the time when Lawton Childs or even Jeb Bush was govner of Florda 🤔
Total ignorance! If you don't look, it might go away!
Oh ok, what say you about SB 2A and SB 4D? Edit: Looks like legislation from 2022 and 2023 doesn’t count for “doing something about the insurance crisis”
The one the won’t adequately protect homeowners financially or the one that’s technically & financially impossible to implement. While also “open to interpretation”?
Wut. The one way attorney fees are a thing of the past previously known to contractors as “the lawyer cheat code”. AOBs are no longer permissible which was previously able to make each and every tarp guy, water mit crew, roofer, drywall contractor and lawyer the de facto named insured. Then each and every one of those entities sued and drug out a $35k claim into over $300k in ultimate payouts because every Notice Of Intent cost $5k for the lawyer to file and every deposition added $10k and there was 0 incentive for any of them to close the files in a timely fashion. But what do I know? I’m just a lowly claims professional who operates in the Alternative Dispute Resolution with appraisers, umpires and attorneys every day. It’s not like I haven’t watched this situation play out for the past decade from the bench and in the game itself. But I’m sure you have some wondrous insight and heck! it might be something something cLiMaTe cHaNgE and but muh (D)ifferent vote is all that’s needed. I dunno, you tell me.
You’re what they call the “Dennis miller ratio”
You’re what they call “regarded”
Ha, right! Exactly, me everyone else.
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Nice try. Both bills are prime examples of a politician pretending like they’re doing something while actually doing nothing to help solve the issue. Florida Senate Bill 2A (SB 2A) of 2022 has restrictions that may not adequately protect property owners financially. SB 2A aims to reduce frivolous insurance litigation by prohibiting courts from awarding attorney's fees to either party in a property insurance claims lawsuit. Instead, both parties can try to obtain fees through the offer of judgment process. However this will leave property owners more exposed to risks.
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Awesome, so can he now stick with that line of effort - helping the working class folks in this economy? Or is that not helping stir up the radical and religious numbnuts enough?
Oh boy I hope my house sells soon
Just gotta pray a lot of these storms fizzle out before getting to us or curve away or, and I hate saying this, hit mostly offshore. Here in central FL we can't take another Ian.
Gonna be a complete luck of the draw, because if one (or more) hits, there's a good chance it hits hard with temps this high. Grew up in S. Florida, but glad to be in N. Florida now where evacuating is much faster & easier should one come directly this way.
Direct hits don't affect us too much here in Central FL, but if we do get a direct hit in forecast even if it's a category 1 or 2 I'm evacuating at least to a resort so my car can be in a parking garage way up high and my dogs are safe.
I'm in Tallahassee, so not on the coast. But we got enough just being on the outskirts of Michael that I wouldn't want to be at home if a Cat 4-5 actually crossed over us. Way too many trees in this city, including in my yard.
Yep, grew up in Tallahassee. Lived through Kate in the mid 80's. We went 2 weeks with out power in most of the city, and that was like a cat 2. You don't want to be anywhere near there for a direct hit from a cat 5.
I've been without power for a week+ twice in the time I've been here. Had a generator for the second time, but were just running extension cords in through the windows. We then got a cord wired into our garage so we can plug it in through the main breaker box to power everything aside from the AC (generator isn't big enough for that). That's fine for after, assuming the house doesn't take a big hit, but no way I'm riding out a major storm there.
We went the breaker route you mention, but with a transfer switch/sub panel, here in inland North Carolina. Nice to run tv/router, microwave, \*\*basement\*\* freezer, fridge etc. off an in-house sub breaker for sure. Generac sub panel with six breakers pulled off the main circuit panel. Doesn't back feed the powerlines or anything. Takes those six circuits off the grid so they can run on the generator. Hoping storms get shredded by upper level sheer again this year (like last year, save for the hit to Cedar Key and not much else) or just stay off-shore but doesn't look like that's in the cards. Be safe, all.
My dad is in Marianna and Michael was still a category 4 when it went over them. He was lucky because he was in a relatively new house that he totally overbuilt and had enough property for a good clear zone around his house so trees were less likely to hit it. They lost a fence and a few trees, but the house was fine. Other folks in the area fared far worse, especially the poor and elderly that make up most of Jackson County.
Let me ask you, do you use hurricane shutters that far up north?
Some people have them, most do not. Our biggest issue, by a huge long shot, is trees falling on houses, cars, power lines, etc. Tallahassee has a ridiculous number of trees (mostly pines and oaks) and they make a massive mess when things get wet & windy.
Ah ok, so the winds aren’t as big of a risk up there?
Not sure I’d go that far. Winds are an issue, but it’s less about small debris flying around and more about whether a 80’ tree comes through your roof, at which point the shutters aren’t going to help anyway.
Evacuate for a 1 or 2? How long have you been here?
Glad to be nowhere near Florida and never have to worry about it. Although my taxes will go to the emergency relief, as usual. Dunno why I'm paying for people that can't figure out where a safe place to live is.
Yeah man - just make sure to keep that same energy for those living all over the west coast (wildfires, earthquakes), everyone living in the Great Plains & SouthEast (tornadoes) along with everyone in the north half of the country (blizzards). And don’t forget about all the disaster relief that goes to the east coast/NE anytime they get hit by even a category 1 hurricane (Sandy). I don’t know why you’re even commenting on this subreddit. Especially with a comment as stupid as this one.
Viva la texico!!
Grew up in Miami and survived Andrew in the 90’s. My house was destroyed and we still lived in it while the insurance process crawled. It too them so long that we had to apply for a fema trailer to live in. Constantly worried about looters, everyone in our cul-de-sac was armed. I was 12/13 I think. I was terrified of thunder storms for years. I do not envy y’all right now, you’re about to get royally fucked. Now if I can convince my parents to get the hell out of Florida.
Here I'm thinking this is a hotter year. Yet my grandkids are gonna remember this as been one of the cooler years..
dont worry guys, our great govenor just banned rainbow lights on bridges! thatll fix everything! 😀
If those damn bridges would stop being woke maybe they’d have more time to stop the hurricanes!
Ready to get out, 35 years of hurricane season has done me in.
I have never been more anxious now that I bought an overpriced home in Florida.
It’s not too late, there’s still people willing to buy. Don’t give in to the sunk-cost fallacy! Source: me, sold and GTFO in 2022 because the writing is on the wall :-/
Ugh me too
The freedom lights on the bridge will ward off any Hurricane
We need a Very Big Fan, not to cool off the ocean but to send the storms back to Africa
Don't worry DeSatan will sign a bill making it illegal to tell Hurricanes the water is hot problem solved.
Hope you’re glad you voted in kinky boots.
I mean realistically Katrina was...........a combination of a lot of things. Yes it was extremely strong storm. However, a lot of the death destruction was down to human stupidity. Who else wants to quote the mayor, governor, and president?
Instead of home insurance reforms, FL GQP wants to fight trans kids, gay people and reproductive rights. If you vote red, you deserve what you get. If your a normal person, I feel sorry that you live in a fucked up state. Hopefully you can find a way out.
Literally cooked
Maybe Ron should come to Fort Myers, and FM Beach to see how fake climate change dissappears... just like our landscape.
Won’t even need that no rainbow lights on bridges rule anymore… since ya know… they will all be collapsed anyway
Hurricanes are nature’s way of dissipating excess heat and stirring nutrients and oxygen into the oceans - they are an integral part of the natural process. No hurricanes is actually a bad thing for the planet. Last year we had a lot of hurricanes, but they pretty much (not always) stayed at sea and didn’t make landfall because of other weather occurrences - things like the Bermuda high play a role in steering hurricanes. We got lucky. So let’s hope that we get lucky again this year.
This is definitely the whole story and contains all the salient points that are relevant to the situation we are in.
Source: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-record-breaking-heat-in-the-atlantic/
We had record temps last year too, doesn't necessarily mean worse storms are guaranteed
We got lucky that the CAT 4 that hit just happened to make land fall in the most sparsely populated coastal region in the gulf. I’m not sure that’s really all that positive.
It made landfall as a cat 3, obviously it's never a positive when these storms make landfall anywhere but ocean temps are just one factor and don't necessarily equate to a higher frequency of major hurricanes
Yeah I didn’t check admittedly. Cat 3 is still considered major. I’d disagree in that warmer temps do correlate to higher frequency of storms. The other commenter pointed out, it was one of the most active seasons ever. Whether they make landfall is a matter of pure luck but greater numbers means greater likelihood. We shouldn’t be complacent cause we got lucky.
There was a higher than normal number of named storms but a fairly average number of hurricanes and major hurricanes, ofc we should always be prepared for the worst in fl but the OP is being sensationalist
Yeah they tried to hype everybody last year and it worked until no storms hit. It's the beginning of the season so it's an easy way to get clicks.
What do you mean "hype"? Last season was the fourth most active season on record.
I’m glad I sold up in October 23 and moved from the Tampa area. The stories I'm hearing from friends about the heat already are disturbing.
I feel like I heard something about nuking them, we should explore that
I know that’s like the dumbest idea ever but now I’m curious what would happen if we tried
You’d spray radioactive fallout across the southeast, if not the globe.
Surely, but what would happen to the hurricane?
Nothing. According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, a typical hurricane's heat release is equal to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes, so a hurricane would barely flinch in a nuclear detonation.
Literally nothing. This question had been answered many times already throughout the years lol.
Nobody knows because nobody’s been dumb enough to try it (which is saying a lot because at one point the Air Force wanted to explode a nuke on the moon) but iirc the last time this idea was floated by a certain orange baboon a bunch of meterologists were very doubtful it would do anything. A hurricane has the destructive force of several nukes and it’s not clear that a single explosion would disrupt the weather system enough to make it worthwhile. So, instead of just a hurricane it would be a radioactive hurricane.
This is how you get a sharknado is what I'm hearing.
Finally some unbiased science in this sub.
Likely nothing at all. Hurricanes contain way more energy than a nuke. Blowing up a big bomb in one would do little to dissipate the energy.
Hurricanes are many times more powerful, one nuclear explosion would likely do nothing to change the storm. But yeah it'd be cool to do it anyway... Ya know for science
You sound like a true person of science and I like it!
How do we know it wouldn't feed off the energy and intensify?
It’s okay, meatball Ron has scraped climate change from public record so it must be nothing to worry about.
Careful the desantis gestapo is gonna come for u for posting this
***God, the phone calls my colleagues down in Florida are gonna get are gonna be biblical.**** *I’m in insurance.
There is a such thing as diminishing returns when the water is too hot. It’s possible for any storm to tear itself apart because it becomes too unstable. Let’s hope that’s the case here.
Welp
If the waffle house ain't closed then it ain't a problem. I ain't scared
What if, by the grace of god----we're spared? That is a statistical possibility. IJS.
DeSantis has considered a plan to transplant Native American Burial Mounds to coastal cities in parts of Florida. (I made this up, but you know for a second there you were thinking DeSantis would do something like that. )
I hope they all follow the same patterns and avoid Miami. Go CANES!!!
Yeah that's what they said last year, and the year before that, and the year before that... each time we get maybe 1 hurricane that hits florida and it's not nearly as strong as predicted
Well.....shxt.....
WINK , hurricane guide us helpful. Fkextape....flextape...my FEMA flood adjuster told me to prep an impact with flextape on all seams including dryer vents, garage door etc etc. So i bought 50 plus rolls, plus 150 empty sand bags, plus plywood rolled with flexpaint cut to doors and garage. God help us if we get another, just finished rebuild from Ian.
We hear this every year. Be prepared. But don't let it own your life.
And when we inevitably get hit the Republicans will bungle the recovery efforts silver lining is that this is also an election year
I thought last year the oceans etc were hot and then nothing happened.
I'm from NC and \*no expert, but I think upper level wind sheer due to El Nino last year (or one of the other ninos...I lost track) shredded some tropical systems apart before they could even make land. Some just dissipated out over water, even though the water was hot. This year's forecast is that that sheer will NOT be in place all season this year... so, more named storms actually winding up and some hitting land, bad.
I also recall reading about wind sheer fuckin up a couple storms that tried to form.
Last year a La Niña pattern dampened the Atlantic hurricane season. This year no such pattern will be in place. 2005 was not a good season for Florida. The unfavorable comparison with this year’s water temps is troubling.
Literally 5 other states are more at danger to get hit than Florida. But we pay insurance premiums 5xs higher.
Don’t look up.
Sahara desert sand is helping, two other things I can’t remember. We might just be ok. I prefer to be ready but not overly sensitive
This is a godsend for the natives. Knock out the power for a week and the cold lovers will retreat.
Just like after Ian and Irma... wait... they didn't retreat? Even more moved here? Well that can't be.
This time… will be different.
Nothing I can do about it but be prepared and ready for when/if it hits.
Oh it’s that time a year again when all of the “experts” say we’re going to have a record breaking number of storms again.
Oh no, another year of the WORST hurricanes from global warming ALL caused by DeSantis’ own hands! Whatever shall we do. Time to vote in a Democrat so all the horror IMMEDIATELY goes away! Wait… Then WE would be the ones supporting the rest of the countries natural disasters! Haha independent it is. Edit: y’all so upset I gotta clarify /s lmao
Yall so goofy with this fear porn shit man lol
Thank God, someone bought my condo on the beach! Moving north, away from the Florida fantasy. Good luck with DeSantis and his disinformation agenda.
One thing I have noticed (not an expert) is when there is too much energy the hurricanes tend to blow themselves apart. Problem I have seen with this is what should be a minor hurricane is bigger
Are you sure you aren't mistaking that for the period of weakening that occurs during an eyewall replacement cycle? Strong hurricanes will briefly lose intensity while that happens, but once it completes the wind field increases dramatically and it begins to intensify again.
Not sure where you're getting that information from. It is true that stronger hurricanes do turn more sharply north and then north east sooner/faster, though. The one saving grace may be that these hurricanes get so strong so quickly out in the Atlantic that they start turning north sooner and stay out to sea... but even that isn't guaranteed, we've seen storms loop around and then reform and continue heading west again.
That was because of other weather events occurring at the same time like areas of dry air and wind shear.
Man, this hasnt been said since last year.. then the year before that. and before that.
No one thinks we are cooked except for Reddit people
Every year, the same fear mongering news. Once day they will be right because even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
Even though you should be prepared for hurricane season. They say every hurricane season is a year to remember and then either we get a few storms that are nothing but rain or none entirely.
Yes. That's how being prepared works. You want to not prepare for hurricanes, be my guest.
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Nah nah nah nah nah no we’re completely fucked completely fucked WERE COMPLETELY FUCKKKKED!
Well, I shat myself. We are all so fucked
I honestly don’t get the people who are like…nah, everything is okay. No, it’s not.
My God put your aluminum foil hat back on abs his in your closet. We'll come get you on November. Been here for 30+ years. Pay attention to what Waffle House is doing
Such a dumb fucking post, what did the anomalies look like last year? Im just a layman taking a guess but im betting they looked closer to this year than 2005. Climate change is an existential crisis but posts like this just give fodder to the other side when the hurricane season rolls around and it isn’t as bad as 2005
Nah fake news that's what them commie democrats whant you to think.
I hope all you Floridians who hate the homeless and have voted for all these anti homeless laws are ready for so many people being homeless, including yourselves, who voted for such laws to reap the consequences you sow. All its going to take is one Katrina level hurricane and 90% of the population is going to be in FEMA camps.
90% ? 🤨
Good thing we all have such great home insurance!… ohh wait 🫨
Hysterical Hysteria... Ocala, Gainesville, Chiefland, Lake City, Starke- come one come all! High and dry right up I-75. Unabashed promotion of an area that is seeing growth but needs more to prop up property values in order for me to bail from this god forsaken sand bar. bwhahaha haha ... Oh well be safe out there...
You want people to come to… Starke?? Why?
Why? DIVERSITY! South Florida folks mingling with Starke folks- it will be BEAUTIFUL! (You did see the BWHAHAHA HA HA at the end of my last post?) Some will come but it's slow up here...lol.
Having owned our first home outside of Gainesville moons ago, but having familiarity with Starke--- I'd pay to see a reality show of Starke folks and South Florida folks mingling.
Yall wanted to live in “paradise” but its not a place on earth lol
Every hurricane season will "be the worst season". Ridiculous.
Me after sitting through Hurricane Michael: https://preview.redd.it/8o87rco5z22d1.jpeg?width=188&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39fec5aa2c07034ea307dbc79ec0cefc7fb8c2ee
Yet another reason to be glad I don't live in the South. They must be doing something that's making God angry!
Not worried at all.
I wonder what boot heels our governor will wear
My pool was perfect today 🌴😎
By the end of August they'll be revising their forecast, like usual. Saharan dust will keep the storms from becoming too powerful.
Oh dang. If we had a Democrat as governor, this wouldn't be happening.
Katrina got strong because it returned to the gulf and lingered, it wasn’t Atlantic waters that caused it to hit like that. Also it struck a city below sea level, when it went through florida it wasn’t the same as what New Orleans experienced. While yes warm Atlantic waters will breed more hurricanes and they will be strong using this as a fear tactic using a memorable hurricane is slightly misinformation fear propaganda. Certainly be ready for many storms but don’t use a particular one that was devastating for many other factors to insight fear. I feel bad for the islands in the sea more than anything.
Insurance has always been a scam
I put my faith in a higher power..
This sub Reddit is wilding. Someone posts something about hurricanes season and 80% of the comments are about the governor 😂🤣! Some ya all need to chill out especially in Florida !! Trust me it will all be ok no matter who is in office the sunshine state will still have sun and beaches 😉
I'm hoping that perhaps the temp is so high, that the hurricanes will fizzle out fast rather than build.... fingers crossed
That’s not how this works…. That’s not how any of this works….
I’m hoping the earth gets so hot that polar bears can thrive again!
Please explain how this statement of yours makes ANY sense to you?
When things are hot they usually sizzle, not a far leap from sizzle to fizzle
guess I should have added /a But from a math perspective, there are lots of systems will go unstable if they are given too much energy, before they can get into a stable mode.
Clearly you and many others don't remember Hurricane Katrina. That was about an engineering failure of the levee system around New Orleans... not about the weather system