People Are Calling This Picture Of Hurricane Milton "Nightmare Fuel"
Hurricane Milton is hours away from making landfall in Florida.
This is one of the most impressive looking hurricanes I’ve ever seen on satellite. Wow #MILTON. pic.twitter.com/Cb5IVux6rG
— Dylan Federico (@DylanFedericoWX) October 8, 2024
The powerful category four storm is forecasted to hit somewhere near the Tampa Bay area sometime tonight.
Track has not changed, but max winds are down slightly to 155 mph as of 8am. Major # Hurricane #MILTON will strike the west coast of Florida tonight. #clt #ncwx #scwx #cltwx @EricGarlickwx pic.twitter.com/oawH0EVutM
— Al Conklin WBTV (@AlConklin) October 9, 2024
Yesterday, Milton intensified back up to category five status, and people made an eerie observation of how it looked:
I’m watching hurricane news and Milton looks like a skull. pic.twitter.com/XOX7PJoGdJ
— Joe Vest (@joevest) October 9, 2024
It looked just like a skull.
category 5 hurricane milton looks like a skull #HurricaneMilton pic.twitter.com/QzldQV1x29
— Landen ☀️ (@SpaceWxAviation) October 9, 2024
Senior meteorologist at The Weather Channel, Stu Ostro, compared it to Hurricane Matthew in 2016, which also looked like a skull:
The original skull face with #Matthew in 2016, and #Milton tonightBoth are "M" stormsInteresting that intense hurricanes can be conducive to having that structure pic.twitter.com/URkLv3rPet
— Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) October 9, 2024
As this person said, "When you see it, you can't unsee it."
When you see it, you can't unsee it. #NightmareFuel https://t.co/QFMMJO9xxk
— Daniel T. Dawson II (@Meteodan) October 9, 2024
People are obviously spooked by this development.
scary af https://t.co/fKhFmTcvCP
— Vìta (@null0femm) October 9, 2024
"Matthew is a trickster, no doubt, but Milton looks far more sinister," this person pointed out.
Matthew is a trickster, no doubt, but Milton looks far more sinister https://t.co/ith8yXNuHu
— Sam 🌪️ (@roosterboostee) October 9, 2024
Another person called it "The face of climate change."
The face of climate change. https://t.co/2123NB92nX
— Michelle (@michellelby) October 9, 2024
And this meteorologist said what we are all thinking: "Thanks I hate it."
Thanks I hate it https://t.co/FS4vSppnwO
— Max Crawford 👍 (@KBTXMax) October 9, 2024
Follow the National Weather Service for updates on the storm. A lot can happen before landfall!