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The "dirty side" of a hurricane, explained

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    Cool video, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately it's a topic that a lot of us in Hurricane zones are well familiar with. Milton was a perfect example of this just a week ago. The storm went from...

    Cool video, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately it's a topic that a lot of us in Hurricane zones are well familiar with. Milton was a perfect example of this just a week ago. The storm went from west to east across the gulf, so the hardest hit areas were southwest Florida (just under where it made landfall) and southeast(ish) Florida where that front right quadrant spurred on a bunch of tornadoes, some deadly.

    Side note: I think it's incredible how much better hurricane forecasting has gotten in our lifetimes. Models are getting more accurate, and I think videos like this one (as well as the 24/7 news coverage these storms get) do a decent job of conveying the important bits to the public. I think hurricane parties are (slowly) becoming a thing of the past.