Glad there's a thread here, this is so scary to watch I can't imagine being caught up in it. Hope Milton turns out nowhere near as bad as they're predicting and all Tattle friends and families will be safe.
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• Milton growing in size: A weaker Milton won’t mean less devastation, particularly with a larger storm. Over the past 24 hours, the tropical-storm force winds expanded from 105 miles to 125 miles from its center. This means its disastrous impacts will be felt over a much larger area. Tropical-storm force winds are expected to cover the entire width of the Florida peninsula
I can not stop thinking about the animals. I know human life is important too but humans have the chance to leave, prepare themselves as best as they can etc whereas animals have no clue and so many just left to fend for themselves. on Tiktok nearly ever video that contains an animal with a family fleeing before the hurricane hits has people commenting ''thank you for taking your fur baby!'' wtf?? I could never ever imagine leaving my pets behind - if they couldn't come then I wouldn't be going full stop.
atm I've been looking at the Naples pier webcam and can't believe people are surfing! I don't know how badly this area might be affected but I couldn't imagine just taking myself to the beach for a surf when a hurricane is on its way. Earlier on there were families on the beach with young kids. I just really hope these people have somewhere safe to go to
Naples Pier (earthcam.net)
atm I've been looking at the Naples pier webcam and can't believe people are surfing! I don't know how badly this area might be affected but I couldn't imagine just taking myself to the beach for a surf when a hurricane is on its way. Earlier on there were families on the beach with young kids. I just really hope these people have somewhere safe to go to
Naples Pier (earthcam.net)
I'm putting this as a spoiler as it is about animals in Helene.
I saw a TikTok of a wedding venue that had horses, goats and donkeys. The venue told people they were leaving and to leave the animals there. The fields were probably a good 4-5ft deep with water and some guests at the venue took it upon themselves to free the animals. They did manage to get the animals out on to non flooded ground but sadly a donkey didn't make it.
Days later, the staff/venue owners returned and saw the animals on higher ground acting all glad as if they had freed and saved the animals themselves.
The least they could have done is open the gates so the animals could have found higher ground. Thank god for those guests
Days later, the staff/venue owners returned and saw the animals on higher ground acting all glad as if they had freed and saved the animals themselves.
The least they could have done is open the gates so the animals could have found higher ground. Thank god for those guests
I know, I think of them too
Many of the people in Florida are piss-poor. I know we're used to seeing these big villas and boats and all these Tiktoks of people boarding up their lovely houses, but this isn't the reality for many. I went on a trip few years back which involved visiting some of the smaller towns and they really have nothing. I hate to think that those people are going to lose the small amount that they do have and I hope there is support for them afterwards, but I fear there won't be.
Yep, and infrastructure is just crap, the buildings are like cardboard. Hurricane Katrina wasn't even the worst hurricane to hit the US (think it ranks #7) but it had such an impact because it hit another poorer region where the buildings and homes are equally crap.
I’m not even surprised. When I was in North Carolina and we had a hurricane warning loads of my classes were half empty before the curfew kicked in because people were out riding the waves.
I was watching a tik tok of a lady with a homestead and she's got loads of animals she's looked after and rescued. She's not in an evacuation zone (shes somewhere near tampa) -but she says her husband has lived there all his life and this is the hurricane that's got him real scared. They aren't leaving because she says her animals are her children. She can't put them in a barn because it's so dangerous in case it collapses. So she has to bring the smaller animals (chickens, dogs, cats, small cows) inside her home- but leave her horses outside. She said 'imagine leaving your children outside?' And it honestly just broke me. She seems in complete despair, she knows she's not in the direct line but she knows it will be bad and it's just crushed her. Her tik tok doesn't seem like the normal attention seeking tik tok- she seems genuinely heartbroken and scared for her animals which are her life. She's just asking for prayers bless her.
Utterly heartbreaking x
I feel glued to this situation, can’t begin to imagine the devastation this storm will bring. I feel so sorry for the people that haven’t been able to leave through no fault of their own 
This was so sad watching this.
I feel so sad thinking about this and all the people will affect.
For anyone interested, the woman with the homestead is @oursimplehomestead on TikTok.
They’re still surfing! What the duck.
There were a couple of kids there about 15/20 mins ago with wetsuits and paddle boards, would have been no more than 10yrs old!
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Oh god isn't so horrible, isn't it. Had tears just reading your post
I can only imagine how hard that is for her. She would probably have the horses in the house if she could the poor woman. I really, really hope her, her family and all of her animals make it through safe and as well as can be. Will be praying for them xx---
My jaw was near on the floor. I've had this on most of the day and you can see the weather getting worse and worse yet they're still bleeping about in the water
I’ve followed @oursimplehomestead and I’m not sure I’ve done in the right thing in doing that 
I know I’m going to be glued to the news tomorrow hoping that they get through it all okay.
I know I’m going to be glued to the news tomorrow hoping that they get through it all okay.I can't bring myself to followI’ve followed @oursimplehomestead and I’m not sure I’ve done in the right thing in doing that
When the Levees Broke is a great documentary and it's uploaded to Youtube in two parts. It came out a year after Katrina but I only saw it recently, and it was astonishing how much I had no idea about because it wasn't reported on the news.
I'm fixated on Milton at the moment. I echo everyone else's thoughts, it makes me so sad thinking about the animals and families who haven't evacuated. For some it's not that they've chosen to stay but they genuinely might not have the means to leave be it money, transport, community help, etc. They are being left for dead. How terrifying
The guy on the boat has apparently left and gone to shelter. Sensible choice
He received a live ban earlier while I was watching. I had the volume right down so didn't hear anything but comments suggested he'd used the N-word just before the live was discontinued.