Milton thread - radio coverage/info here

[TheBigA]

The roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, has been shredded by hurricane force winds:

WATCH: Tropicana Field roof on Rays stadium seemingly shredded by wind as Hurricane Milton lashes Florida

The stadium was being used as a staging area for first responders

www.cbssports.com

Hurricane Milton rips off Tropicana Field’s roof after landfall. Look at catastrophic damage

Videos inundated social media of major damage from Hurricane Milton occurring across Florida’s Gulf Coast.

news.yahoo.com

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Tornadoes kill multiple people in St. Lucie County, officials say

Officials said multiple tornadoes touched down.

www.wesh.com

Note this is a preliminary report of deaths tied to hurricane Milton that's reported in Florida so far RIP we need to wait for rescue operations in the rest of the state to get the full extent of this. Plus we have to wait and see how Orlando responds to Milton given that the path moves from Tampa to Orlando.

Milton county-by-county impacts: Flood warning issued for parts of Central Florida

As Hurricane Milton makes its way to the state, Central Florida counties could see increasing threats for severe wind, rains and flooding. Watch live coverage and time out specific threats county-by-county:

www.wesh.com

 

[alok]

To all of you here in the radio-discussion group that live in the affected areas, I hope you, your family and friends did well during and are doing well after hurricane.

I been following it on DIRECTV.
DIRECTV during real bad weather shows the TV stations from the affected areas and switches between them. They put these TV stations on near The Weather Channel & AccuWeather Channels, around Channel 361.
I think you'd also be able to see the stations via the Internet on DIRECTV streaming service (if you subscribe) or maybe the TV stations have their complete signal on the Internet, don't know if a TV station does that?
During and after Milton DIRECTV showed (they still are showing them at 11AM (10/10) the day after Milton went thru area) the Tampa TV stations, the Orlando TV stations and the Fort Meyers TV stations, all covering the storm.
Nice feature they offer all subscribers during bad weather in an area.

It looks like the TV stations were on the air the whole time, they never said they were off the air or lost power at studio or transmitter, they also all promoted heavily that if a person loses power at their house and can't watch TV, to tune to the following radio stations, they'd then show a list of radio stations that are simulcasting the TV stations audio.
Don't know how radio did by staying on the air, anybody in area know?

TV stations also reported that power, cell phone and Internet service in areas was affected, some areas were OK, some not.
I also heard some TV stations tell viewers to keep turn their phones off, unless you need to make a call, to conserve power in it, if a person loses power in their home and then can't charge their phone, if you needed phone and hopefully have cell service in your area you could at least make an emergency call.
I thought this might not be a great idea, better maybe to just leave it in stand-by mode and not mess with it . . . in other words don't take a picture or pictures with it, like of yourself eating a hamburger during the storm and trying to post it . . . you're wasting its battery power!

The OTA (Over The Air) TV stations I saw were doing a great job with their coverage, people in the studios, crews out in the storm before, during (being careful) and after all did an excellent job.

 

[Yabadabado1]

Tampa Bay hasn't been DIRECTLY hit by a major hurricane for a long time. Last week was a "side swipe ". If on the "dirty" side of landfall, Tampa Bay will act like a big funnel and bring the storm surge many miles inland with most likely a large loss of life and property. If on the "left side" not as bad storm surge but still major wind damage and rain "flooding". The real issue is the debris from last week's storm. 100 mile per hour junk being blown around is deadly.

I lived down there. Been through four "side swipe" hurricanes that still did a lot of damage and four pretty hefty tropical storms. Well aware of what they can do. One tore a screen door completely off and tossed it into a bush under the front window where it stayed due to the force of the winds and stripped all the pebbles off our roof [I have no idea why the tarred the roof and put pebbly stones on it when it was built, must have been a Florida thing, Google Earth shows it with a normal asphalt shingle roof nowadays. What's strange is in the late 60s a small tornado took off a chunk of our neighbors roof and tossed it in our pool and you can still see the section that was replaced because it's a different color.] Went out in the eye of one to pick up all the branches and other loose crap that had been blown into our yard before they became projectiles when the eye passed. Remember as a kid having the windows cracked open a bit on the side away from direction hurricane was coming from and watching all the transformers exploding and then closing them and running to the other side to crack open windows once the wind began coming from other direction.

 

[Studio twenty]

Meanwhile, in Zephyrhills in Dade city in eastern Pasco county we have three dark radio stations that we really could’ve used to help people. In fact as the water is continue to rise a week after the storm, the stations remain dark and we’re having to rely on crap for brains posting on the internet.

 

[radiofan2023]

Meanwhile, in Zephyrhills in Dade city in eastern Pasco county we have three dark radio stations that we really could’ve used to help people. In fact as the water is continue to rise a week after the storm, the stations remain dark and we’re having to rely on crap for brains posting on the internet.

Meanwhile, the Zephyrhills city website has updates on sewer, drinking water, debris pickup, grants to help rebuild, and FEMA hurricane recovery resources, all with phone numbers and email addresses of people to contact, that pops up immediately when you visit the site:

Zephyrhills, FL | Official Website

www.ci.zephyrhills.fl.us

Stop sitting back and complaining about other people not giving good information, when it's front and center on the city's website.

 

[Studio twenty]

Meanwhile, the Zephyrhills city website has updates on sewer, drinking water, debris pickup, grants to help rebuild, and FEMA hurricane recovery resources, all with phone numbers and email addresses of people to contact, that pops up immediately when you visit the site:

Zephyrhills, FL | Official Website

www.ci.zephyrhills.fl.us

Stop sitting back and complaining about other people not giving good information, when it's front and center on the city's website.

Point being, 104.3 and 1400 were snapped up for $150k and have been down for weeks, while their sister stations in Winter Haven and Lakeland continue to operate. Since you are not here, for two days every street between 7th and 18th has been blocked off for necessary debris removal, which must be done. Problem is very few know it until they get to those areas. It’s causing major traffic jams on 301and streets not meant for high traffic. Not everyone here has functioning internet and many Seniors haven’t a clue. Not exactly serving the Public Interest as a Public Trustee.

 

[oldies76]

And 8 days later a refreshing bit of drier and cooler air, especially at night to help those still without A/C. But as of last report most power outages have been attended to in this area, from Port Charlotte to the Tampa / St. Pete Area. 2024 has been brutal with hurricanes Debbie and Helene sideswiping SW Florida and of course Milton coming ashore at Siesta Key. Hope all is well and we recover over time.