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katherinebond@diasp.org
Katherine Bond

Fast-growing Hurricane Milton is officially a Category 5 storm as it nears Florida

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast and wreaked a path of destruction across the southeastern U.S., the state is bracing for another — and likely even more powerful — major hurricane to come ashore.

Hurricane Milton reached Category 5 — the strongest of the classifications — on Monday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, the National Hurricane Center said shortly before noon ET.

I’m glad to see that people are evacuating…

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/07/nx-s1-5142961/hurricane-milton-florida-evacuations

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Milton reaches Category 3 strength — and counting — as it bears down on Florida

Milton became a Category 3 storm early Monday and is expected to continue to strengthen before making landfall in Florida midweek. The state could see its largest evacuation orders since 2017.

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diane_a@diasp.org
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air holds more moisture as it gets hotter. You may have heard the factoid that the atmosphere holds seven per cent more water vapour for every degree of temperature rise.
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That’s the basic thermodynamics. Doesn’t sound like such a big deal. Unless you’re underneath the sky when it spins that moisture together and disgorges it from the heavens.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/07/opinion/climate-change-inundated-climate-haven-helene

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How climate change inundated a ‘climate haven’

The sheer volume of water dumped by Hurricane Helene was beyond comprehension — something like 42 trillion gallons of water fell from the sky.

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claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social
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Great idea but young people already don't listen to their elders and I don' think they're gonna start NOW.

♲ Megan Lynch (she/her) - 2024-10-05 02:42:49 GMT

I think regardless of how things all shake out, older people should be writing up their memories of what the climate in their area was like when they were kids, compared to what it's like now.I don't think young people really know. It's different seeing data charts compared to hearing people's oral history of it. #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency

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tomgrzybow@societas.online
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Coastal communities face ‘catastrophic flooding’ from rising sea levels

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/28/coastal-communities-face-catastrophic-flooding-from-rising-sea-levels

NASA says that as global temperatures have risen about one degree Celsius (1.8F), sea levels have gone up 160 to 210 millimeters (six to eight inches) with about half of that amount occurring since 1993.

Rising sea levels mean ‘tide of misery’ for coastal communities

Global mean sea levels have risen faster in the 20th century than in any prior century over the past 3,000 years.

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