Southwest Florida Storm Chaser

Well that was crazy

@Ferning98 @1Nicdar Well to be fair, it's pretty common to see people doing 100 on the highway in FL.

@1Nicdar Those are rookie numbers buddy

WTF! - Welcome to Florida! 😎 70 MPH speed limit in Florida is less of a rule and more of a polite suggestion that nobody agreed to follow. Too slow? You’re getting tailgated by a lifted Silverado with LED headlights bright enough to interrogate you. Too fast? Doesn’t matter, there’s already a guy in a beat up Altima doing 95 weaving through traffic like he’s late for something extremely illegal. You try to hold a respectable 75. Immediately passed on both sides. One car has no headlights. Another has its hazards on for no reason. Somehow both are going faster than you. And then, out of nowhere, Brake lights. Not gradual. Not polite. Just a full interstate wide decision to stop all traffic flow for 30 seconds. No accident. No construction. No explanation. Just vibes. You finally get moving again and think, "Okay, we’re good." Wrong. It starts to rain. Not normal rain. Florida rain. (IYKYK) The kind that erases the road, your mirrors, your sense of direction, and any belief you had in visibility. Wipers on max, still losing the fight. Meanwhile, someone flies past you doing 85 like they’ve got sonar. And just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s a gator in a retention pond right next to the highway, watching traffic like it’s judging your driving choices. No toll booth warning. No buildup. Just vibes and consequences. Your GPS says "arrive in 2 hours." Florida says, "Depends, you surviving the storm or the drivers?" And somehow, through all of this … There is STILL someone camping in the left lane going exactly 70 like they’re honoring the Constitution. Welcome to Florida highways. Where speed limits are optional, weather is aggressive, and every drive feels like a group project with people who did not read the instructions.

@FalcnStormChase Me and my friends into meteorology have been coming up with slang terms for meteorology for the last few years now. It's gotten to the point where we literally have like half a new language. One of the first words we coined was "unbust" which is probably the most straightforward.

Bust is -slang- informal

@lividwx It is *almost* impossible to educate those of us who are THIS far gone. Anyone with any semblance of a brain can recognize with relative ease that, yes of course, passing bills that tackle an imaginary problem will lead to a good-for-nothing, imaginary solution. Does nothing!

“they keep passing these laws but nothing ever happens” how does one acquire this level of stupidity?

High winds in Golden Gate, FL last evening.

@EthanWX4 bust

Caught some decent gusts in Frederick, MD today Otherwise? Major bust for the region #mdwx

BIG wind gusts with the first round of storms in central Florida. 📸: Tracey Tonderot | Orlando

@FloridaPA27 XD

If you think some of these WxWeenies are insufferable these day, you woulda HATED me when I was 14/15/16

@BackpirchCrew Winds couldn't have been THAT intense during that considering the trees.

This is what the winds of a Category 5 Hurricane can do. A 10 ft.-long, 2x4 board driven through the trunk of a palm tree in Puerto Rico by the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane.

@Dan_Fitts @NWSCheyenne @SevereStudios @KNEBStormCenter @dayweather @BrianBledsoe No shot, that's absolutely insane

Its really ripping in some areas of Eastern Wyoming today. This is 7 miles west of Chugwater, Wyoming 10:20AM. There are sizeable rocks going airborne! @NWSCheyenne @SevereStudios @KNEBStormCenter @dayweather @BrianBledsoe #wywx

@dayweather Wow!

92 mph wind gust Cheyenne airport, might be the worst windstorm I have experienced in Cheyenne, wind damage is extensive

@WeatherNation Crazy!

NEW VIDEO: Hurricane-force winds are howling across the Cowboy State this afternoon, toppling trees and semi-trucks. NWS Cheyenne reported a 92-mph wind gust earlier today — the strongest ever recorded. 🌬️

On this day in 1993, the "Storm of the Century" formed in the Gulf. It produced a blizzard from Dixie Alley to the Northeast, widespread damaging winds, and a storm surge up to 12 feet along with a deadly tornado outbreak in Florida. 318 were killed & damage totaled $5.5 billion.

I am a hurricane dude. Through and through. I think in knots. I worship Cat 5s. If it doesn't have a tight core, don't even show it to me. #dealwithit

@iCyclone My goodness, the humanity!

@SWFLWX I think that was the highest. 😂 It's so sad.

There was apparently mild damage around the Bay last night: a snapped tree, a wrecked garage door, lawn furniture blown into canals, power outages, etc. Peak gust at Hurricane House: 28 knots. 😃 My garbage cans got blown up the driveway & the porch swing knocked against the house. That's all. I tell you, my house is severe-weather repellent. Nothing happens here. Womp womp.

@iCyclone These tweets always resonate with me. What a way with words you have, Josh.

Quiet, calm, humid, & warm in the Bay. After complete dormancy, the lawn is turning green again. The world seems volatile lately, and I'm grateful for my quiet corner of it.

@Jamesmanny21 @MananMathur21 @frostedjakes22 Okay dude

@SWFLWX @MananMathur21 @frostedjakes22 No it couldn’t

Note to public, please don’t be this person.

@tylerkwx03 That's nuts lol

@SWFLWX that’s one thing I like about living in Texas is the gas prices are usually ABSURDLY cheap. It’s dipped below $2 before here

literally went from 2.29 to 3.19 like overnight here in Texas, diesel even more so

@StarInBoxWx The sea breeze can do some crazy things in the summertime here in FL. Of course it all misses me but it makes for some nice storm views nonetheless lol

I’ve seen more action in a Florida sea breeze than whatever this is