Hurricane Milton 2024 Potential Impacts and Predictions

On this episode of the Disaster Podcast, host Sam Bradley takes the helm to lead a discussion with our team about the impending impacts of Hurricane Milton on the central Florida Gulf Coast. Disaster Meteorologists Dan DePodwin and Kyle Nelson jump in with their expertise on the current track predictions. Disaster emergency management expert Becky DePowin shares her takes on preparedness messaging leading up to the storm as well.

Hurricane Milton is predicted to intensify to major hurricane status with predictions of category 4 or even 5 intensity on the scale that measures wind velocity. Add in the potential for catastrophic storm surge ahead of and during the storm’s impact, this weather event is one for residents of the affected areas to pay attention to. Below are some of the links mentioned during the show for listeners.

National Hurricane Center Website

Pinellas County, Florida Emergency Management Website

Disaster Podcast team member Dr. Joe Holley and his wife Kimberly are currently deployed with federal USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) and IST (Incident Support Team) resources in the response to Hurricane Helene’s impacts on the Appalachian Mountain areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. We hope to have an update from the field in a future episode of the show so stay tuned to your podcast apps for those podcasts.

Co-host Jamie Davis is on a break in Germany, currently dodging impacts from post-Tropical Storm Kirk as it strikes areas of Central Europe.

Thank you as always to Paragon Medical Education Group for their long-term support of the Disaster Podcast. Dr. Joe Holley and the team at Paragon continue to provide excellent and customized disaster response training to jurisdictions around the U.S. and internationally as well.