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After crossing the Sunshine State last night in the dark, Hurricane Milton sailed out into the Atlantic early this morning. The worst is over. At 5am, the National Hurricane Service lifted all hurricane and tropical storm warnings for Florida’s west coast. However, citizens are still advised caution, as other hazards remain in the threat vector, such as sharks, alligators, oversized flying cockroaches, and the odd crack-addled Democrat cavorting with male prostitutes in a hotel room somewhere. (It’s happened before.)

The good news was Turbo Hurricane Milton shot across the state like a bullet. Fast storms are the best storms. It’s hard to say yet just how damaging the storm was, since much of the affected area is now running on batteries — over 3 million lack power, according to NBC’s latest report this morning. But, with any luck, things might have been nowhere near as catastrophic as the weather channels breathlessly advertised.

We do have spot reports of damage, like the dramatic removal of the entire roof of St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Bowl (above), where the Tampa Bay Rays play. Ironically, the Trop was being used as a shelter for first responders, who must have endured a sleepless but very exciting night. South and Central Florida was also stirred up by several tornadoes yesterday as the storm approached, and the local damage was quite dramatic in spots.

That said, I have not yet seen any evidence of any widespread “15-foot storm surge.” Hopefully that didn’t happen. We’ll keep praying for folks in the affected areas and enjoy watching the Nation’s best hurricane recovery state get into gear.

Elsewhere I saw people suggesting we "pray for Florida"; this is so illogical it makes me laugh.
Who do they think made the hurricane?; the devil?

Nobody on the ground never clocked a wind speed over 100mph. We didn't get battered in south Florida, no friends in central or family in Jacksonville reported devastation. I'm sure a few on the coat in wooden shack might have gotten washed out. But nobody inland did.

We didn't get battered in south Florida, no friends in central or family in Jacksonville reported devastation.

By contrast, my mutual funds have suffered no losses from hurricanes, ever.

My friend dodged a bullet; her little condo in Braedenton, FL was not damaged.
She's got it up for sale; perfect spot for guys escaping California (or NY, NJ, CT, etc.) taxes.
Buy buy buy a Floroda condo today boys!

Elsewhere I saw people suggesting we "pray for Florida"; this is so illogical it makes me laugh.
Who do they think made the hurricane?; the devil?

Are all boomers as dumb as ohomen and have they always been this way

He ended up with about 26 inches of water inside.

won’t impact insurance rates,