UPDATE: Hurricane Milton with 52 Counties in a State of Emergency as it is Scheduled to Hit Near Tampa Bay at Midnight
Includes a Link to a List of Shelters
Know Your Zone
⚠️ Florida, Remember that you can replace material possessions, but you can never replace a life.
👉 If you live in Zone A, Zone B, or a mobile home, please obey the mandatory evacuation notice.
Don't know your Zone? Put in your address and find it:
Source: https://kyz.pinellas.gov
A List of Shelters
Several shelters are open throughout the Tampa Bay, including Middleton High School and Erwin Technical College.
Check here: Tampa Police Department
More information on evacuation orders and a list of open shelters is here: https://bit.ly/4dxlRrf
Hillsborough County, Fla. (Oct. 7, 2024) - Hillsborough County has issued a mandatory evacuation order for Evacuation Zones A and B, and for all mobile homes and manufactured housing throughout the County starting at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7. The County will open nine shelters for those residents in the mandatory evacuation zones, as well as those whose homes are vulnerable to storm surge, flooding, and those that may be more susceptible to wind damage. Residents in Evacuation Zone A, Zone B, and all mobile and manufactured homes should be in a safe location no later than 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Below is the list of shelters that will open to residents:
General population, pet friendly shelters:
Burnett Middle School (pet friendly), 1010 N. Kingsway Rd., Seffner, FL 33584
Durant High School (pet friendly), 4748 Cougar Path, Plant City, FL 33567
Middleton High School (pet friendly), 4801 N. 22nd St., Tampa, FL 33610
Shields Middle School (pet friendly), 15732 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin, FL 33573
Sickles High School (pet friendly), 7950 Gunn Hwy., Tampa, FL 33626
General population, no pet shelter:
Pizzo Elementary School, 11701 USF Bull Run Dr., Tampa, FL 33617
Special needs, pet friendly shelters:
Erwin Technical College (special needs only, pet friendly), 2010 E. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa, FL 33610
Sumner High School (special needs only, pet friendly), 10650 County Rd. 672, Riverview, FL 33579
Strawberry Crest High School (special needs only, pet friendly), 4691 Gallagher Rd., Dover, FL 33527
The special-needs shelters are only for residents with medical issues that require electricity assistance or who have cognitive issues that would not be supported in a general population shelter.
Residents bringing pets to one of the pet-friendly shelters need to bring a sturdy carrier for each pet that allows room for the pet to stand up and move around, as well as a collar with a leash and supplies for each pet to last seven days. More information on how residents can prepare their pets can be found here.
Residents can confirm evacuation zones and register for HCFL Alert, Hillsborough County's official public notification system, at HCFL.gov/StaySafe or by calling (833) HC-STORM or or (833) 427-8676.
Monday, October 7th, 2024
6:10 pm: Category 5, 180 mph, 905 millibars; the latter is something you don't see every season. Close to being one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded. 52 counties under a State of Emergency. Mandatory evacuations for Zones A, B, C, D. The storm moved northward, en route to a direct hit to Tampa Bay.
He says there has never even been a Category 1 hurricane in Tampa Bay. He thinks it is strange that it is traveling from the west to the east.
This image shows a 60-foot swell, something he has never seen. The hurricane is supposed to hit Tampa Bay at midnight tonight.
He has evacuated from his island twice in his life, once when he was too young to remember much.
Counties Under A State of Emergency
east the west.
This shows the expected route:
Above: Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Zones A, B, and C.
Above: 10-12 foot swells are expected in the red zones.
Above: Some models show it will stay a Category 5 for 48 hours. Four analytic programs estimate Hurricane Milton will remain a Category 5 for up to 100 hours.
For comparison, the record for a storm staying a Category 5 is 70 hours.
From the Gulf of Mexico, this wind field is expected to expand. The current wind field is small:
And it is expected to expand:
Air Recon
Incredibly low pressures are seen at multiple points:
Here we see a plane near the storm, tracking it so we can learn the most accurate information (see white rectangle near the center left of the field):
Predicted Ocean Swells
They are expecting such large swells to go inland, and this may be the biggest evacuation that Florida has ever done:
Evacuate if you are supposed to evacuate. The storm is not slowing down!
The National Hurricane Center has been down on and off all day, probably because their servers are overloaded from too much traffic.
This is a very serious storm. Hurricane Helene was “mild” compared to what Hurricane Milton is expected to be. No one knows exactly where it will land.
Be prepared. Have a plan. Support Hurricane Relief programs. Buy a jar of sand from his Dad!
Please, everyone, let's try to coordinate a largd prayer group.
Matthew 18 20 states, for where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."
Imagine if we get 200-300, 2,000-3,000!!!
Mark 4 39
And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still! And the wind ceased, and fhere was a great calm.
We must turn back to God as a nation, and not just to save those in the path of this storm, but in all things! We must have faith and prove to our adversaries our Lord is almighty and end stop their evil ways.
Yes thanks Margaret. We are evacuating but the roads are jammed and gas is very hard to come by.
It seems nearly 100% in my mind that they are manipulating this storm in both direction and ferocity. I pray for everyone’s safety.