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.)

  • 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.