10.10.2024

Today’s Forecast

A Message From Our Team

Dear TBAYtoday readers,

We are removing the events section for the foreseeable future, until we start to hear that roads are passable and businesses and organizations are re-opening. (If you want to look ahead to planned events for later in the year, our calendar is always just a click away on our website.)

Find the most relevant Milton information

Follow these accounts for the most relevant Milton info

Milton projection per 2pm Wednesday 10/9/24.

Per Wednesday afternoon, Milton was projected to make landfall as a Cat 3 hurricane. | Graphic via WTSP

We don’t know the true impact Hurricane Milton will have on Tampa Bay. We will provide more specific resources once that info becomes clear, but for now, our guide to post-storm resources following Idalia last year is still a great place to start.

Here’s some other places to keep tabs on what’s happening:

The City of Tampa is posting updates on its Instagram page. And St. Pete is keeping residents posted too.

For those applying for financial aid from FEMA, the St. Pete Catalyst rounded up some super useful tips + advice for navigating the process. We also put together some similar tips after Helene.

We also recommend following your local police department, be that Tampa PD, St. Pete PD, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, or the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. They’ll be giving updates on social media in the coming days about closures, openings, and safety advice.

Again, do not drive through floodwaters. Just six inches of water is enough to sink a car. Keep tabs on Tampa’s Reported Street Flooding.

Also, do not walk through floodwaters. Electric currents, bacteria, and dangerous animals (think: snakes) can all pose significant risks to your safety.

If you’re out of power

Residents using an iPhone 14 or later, running iOS 16.1 or later, or a Pixel 9, may be able to send messages by satellite without cellular or Wi-Fi capability. The Sarasota Herald Tribune shares how to how set it up.
Keep Tampa Electric’s outage map handy and sign up for outage notifications. Duke Energy is also tracking outages via this map.
Power could potentially be out for awhile post-storm. Follow us on Instagram, where we’ll be sharing spots to charge your phone or get internet access.

News Notes

Community

We’re not sure what TBAY will look like after Milton passes, but we know our community will rally to lift every resident up. Follow Feeding Tampa Bay and Reach St. Pete for post-storm resources, volunteer opportunities, and more.

Edu

Both Hillsborough and Pinellas schools will remain closed through at least tomorrow, Oct. 11 due to the storm. 10 Tampa Bay is keeping you updated on closures.

Announced

PSTA and HART have suspended services due to Hurricane Milton. Please stay off the roads until the storm has passed.

Travel

Tampa International remains closed due to Hurricane Milton. TPA will reopen once it is safe to do so. Follow the airport on social media for reopening updates.

Sports

The Bolts are getting ready for the season amid Milton, analysis, insights, interviews and more from local experts of the Tampa Bay Lightning with Locked On’s daily podcasts.

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The Wrap

Today’s edition by:
Patrick

From the editor

For once in my life, I’m not really sure what to say, so I’ll hand it over to Stephen King:

“Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things... I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well.”

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