Originally Posted by Mecca:
They said that because storms never hit that side of Florida, it's why the idea of Hurricane hitting Tampa flips everyone out.
Didn’t they just have one a few years ago that hit Tampa? Like 2-3 years ago? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Reerun_KC:
This isn’t a once in a life time hurricane. jFC Fox News. Drama misinformation much?
Literally every channel dramatizes these things. In part, to keep people watching, and to get people to take it seriously. It happens every time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by FlaChief58:
Literally every channel dramatizes these things. In part, to keep people watching, and to get people to take it seriously. It happens every time.
Originally Posted by Reerun_KC:
Didn’t they just have one a few years ago that hit Tampa? Like 2-3 years ago?
A major hurricane hasn't hit Tampa and like 100 years, it's generally pretty safe. If you go look at hurricane trajectory in the gulf they always break toward Texas/Louisiana so it breaking the other way is like a 1 in a thousand chance. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
A major hurricane hasn't hit Tampa and like 100 years, it's generally pretty safe. If you go look at hurricane trajectory in the gulf they always break toward Texas/Louisiana so it breaking the other way is like a 1 in a thousand chance.
Originally Posted by BleedingRed:
I mean yes, the possibility of it weakening was always there. Hence why the weather forecasters crying on live tv was crazy.
But it was never 100%
Ok - I missed the crying weather people I guess. Weather Channel is ALWAYS overly dramatic about storms. I personally think they do it in an attempt to get people to evacuate instead of trying to ride the storm out because people are idiots. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mr. Plow:
Ok - I missed the crying weather people I guess. Weather Channel is ALWAYS overly dramatic about storms. I personally think they do it in an attempt to get people to evacuate instead of trying to ride the storm out because people are idiots.
I’ve rode out two cat 3s. Been a long time ago in the USAF. But was kinda a cool for a kid from Kansas. [Reply]
One hit Fort Myers and made Sanibel Island look like an apocalypse a year or two ago, then IIRC went up the coast a bit, but not a direct hit to TB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
1 dude cried, it was when it went from a 1 to a 5 in 12 hours and the milibars changed significantly.
It however was always forecast to come in at a 3.
Yeah that was messed up. It has some good heat and moisture to pull from. But that last huge cold front that went throw was a blessing cause it was going scalp the enter off of this before land fall. Got so lucky. [Reply]