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Princeton, NJ
Joined May 2015
Left: #CapeCoral, FL in 1959, 1 year before Cat 4 #Hurricane Donna. Right: Cape Coral today. Red box is developed area in 1959 photo. #Irma
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One of the most infamous satellite loops of all time. Superstorm Sandy making its unprecedented left turn towards New Jersey 12 years ago today.
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Peak color at the house.
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#HurricaneHelene #PowerOutage Summary. Max customers out at one time: 4.79 million Total customers Affected: Over 7.4 million Over 1.69 million customers affected in #Florida 1.59 million in #SouthCarolina 1.28 million in #Georgia 1.18 million in #NorthCarolina poweroutage.us
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Mark C. Bove retweeted
SOLAR FARM TORNADO. Check out the damage a tornado did to a Duke Energy Solar Farm in Lake Placid. Incredible. #HurricaneMilton
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Always an impressive job by @NHC_Atlantic and the brave Hurricane Hunters to collect invaluable data. NOAA and the NWS remains one of the best ROIs of American taxpayer dollars. No wonder the GOP and the Heritage Foundation want to eviscerate it.
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Mark C. Bove retweeted
NEW: We’re outside of our office building right now in downtown St. Petersburg, where dozens have gathered to take pictures of the crane that fell last night. As the sun came up, here’s how it looks @TB_Times:
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This. This. This. 1 million times this. Over 75% of tornadoes are rated as EF2 and lower. Proper building codes can save homes from being leveled and protect the families inside if a tornado strikes. Florida’s wind code should be copied by every SCS-prone state.
A lesson I’m learning from the photos out of these intense tornadoes across Florida today is that, to nobodies surprise, houses built to a robust wind code *survive*, even in the face of 120-130mph winds - a lesson Dixie and Tornado Alley could learn #flwx
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Okay, this is a wild stat. Tampa received 11.23" of rainfall on Wednesday from #Milton. Their previous wettest October 1-31st was 10.33" in 1922. THEY BROKE THE MONTHLY RECORD IN A SINGLE DAY.
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Tornado hits Avenir in Palm Beach Gardens in my in-laws neighborhood. A dumpster gets lifted onto a roof. Unreal. @WPTV @SunSentinel @WPBF25News @wsvn @FOX29WFLX
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#Hurricane #Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key, FL - the 5th US Gulf Coast hurricane landfall this year (Beryl, Debby, Francine and Helene are other 4). This ties 2005 and 2020 for 2nd most Gulf hurricane landfalls on record, trailing only 1886 (6 Gulf hurricane landfalls).
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Mark C. Bove retweeted
Downtown Fort Myers is under water as wind driven storm surge from Hurricane Milton impacts the area. šŸ“ø: Corenia Ellswick
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Again. Why do we rarely see measured inland winds equal the NHC's max landfall wind speed? NHC wind speeds are measured over open water. As winds begin to interact with land, the frictional effects typically reduce wind speeds by 10-20% almost instantaneously. #Milton
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Avenir neighborhood in Palm Beach Gardens @NWSMiami #florida #milton
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Mark C. Bove retweeted
🌊 STORM SURGE IN NAPLES FLORIDA Hurricane #Milton means serious business
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tornado this large in #swfl from a tropical system. This was taken earlier in the day south of Clewiston by Cade Mullens #swfl #Milton
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Our hotel in Punta Gorda , FL is about to be surrounded by storm surge flood water #milton #miltonhurricane @theScantman @accuweather
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Mark C. Bove retweeted
Surge is coming up quickly here in Punta Gorda, FL! We are getting the surge and still don’t even have onshore flow yet! Tune into the live stream to see more! #HurricaneMilton
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mysanibel.com/live-street-ca… The Sanibel webcam at Lindgren & East Gulf showing significant surge flooding. #HurricaneMilton #Milton #FLwx #Sanibel
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