Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.

Within hours, Milton strengthened to a Category 2, then a Category 3, then a Category 4 and finally a Category 5.

Milton now ranks as the third-greatest 24-hour wind speed intensification for a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. (Records are based on data since the satellite era began in the 1960s.)

  • @Today
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    10317 hours ago

    If your policy covers wind they claim the damage is from water. If your policy covers water, they claim the damage is from wind. If your policy covers both, they claim a hurricane is exempt as an act of god.

    • Dogiedog64
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      -1110 hours ago

      Which, to be fair, is really about all they can do. You CANNOT stop a hurricane from obliterating a house. There is NOTHING the average American can do about it except leave and hope it survives.

      • @eskimofry
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        179 hours ago

        Then its dishonest to accept money for your fake business.

        • @[email protected]
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          -15 hours ago

          they are not real businesses in the insurance sense. its all federal money for flood insurance. they’re just servicers kinda like mortgage originators.

          • @cosmicrookie
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            23 hours ago

            That sounds like capitalistic socialism to me. I dont even understand the notion of what you said there.