Hurricane Milton, which is expected to hit Florida later this week, could bring storm surge up to 15 feet above ground level in the Tampa Bay area. The National Hurricane Center reported on Monday peak water levels as high as 10-15 feet anywhere from the Anclote River to Englewood, as well as in Tampa Bay. Other places along the western Florida coastline may also get storm surge that pushes water levels up to 10 feet above normal. 4pm CDT Oct 7th Key Messages for Category 5 #Hurricane #Milton: Hurricane Warnings & Storm Surge Warnings in effect for parts of W coast of Florida Peninsula. This is an extremely life-threatening situation. Please follow advice by local officials & evacuate if told so.… pic.twitter.com/E5BwcSi1aL — National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) October 7, 2024 A “combination of storm surge and tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline,” the agency said, adding that the heights above ground level shown on its forecast map depicted what the peak could be at high tide. Milton strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on Monday as it moved over the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. While the storm may weaken before it makes an expected landfall by Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, Milton is still expected to be a powerful hurricane when it does. Officials issued various evacuation orders across Florida’s Gulf Coast, including in the Tampa Bay area where millions of people reside. Shelters have also been opened in a number of counties for those seeking refuge. Hurricane Milton may double the flooding across Tampa observed when Hurricane Helene made landfall farther north in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane less than two weeks ago. Water levels in that storm reached more than 7 feet above normal tides and broke local records, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The Associated Press reported the storm surge from Helene killed 12 people near Tampa. The National Weather Service warned on Monday that if Hurricane Milton stays on its current track — meaning landfall could happen around Tampa or somewhere else between the Big Bend and Fort Myers —  it will be the “worst storm” to impact the Tampa area in more than 100 years. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in dozens of Florida counties and suspended tolls to assist with evacuations. President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration, unlocking federal resources to assist with Hurricane Milton response efforts.

When Back to the Future premiered in 1985, we were whisked away in a DeLorean to the fabulous 1950s, where Marty McFly got a glimpse at his parents’ lives as teenagers. If the movie hit theaters today, we’d go back 30 years to 1995 and see a world of flannels, combat boots, and mixed CDs while cruising in a Cybertruck. But let’s not think about that. Instead, get the flux capacitor fluxing to 1.21 gigawatts, and let’s go back to the 80s. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lea Thompson (@lea_thompson) Some Of The Old “Back To The Future” Gang Recently Got Back Together At Comic Con Original cast members Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, and Thomas F. Wilson, who played Marty McFly, Lorraine McFly, Dr. Emmett Brown, and Biff Tannen, respectively, participated in a panel discussion about the film. Lea shared pictures on Instagram of the cast looking happy and well. She captioned the photo, “When we all get together it’s pure joy. Thank you wonderful fans and @comicconla we have 2 more days of joyous mayhem #bttf forever! What’s your favorite of the three.” Fans chimed in the comment section, thrilled to see the cast together again. A fan wrote, “Omg! I was there wish I saw you!” This fan had to quote their favorite line. “Obviously one of the best lines in film history: ‘You look familiar; do i know your mother?'” The franchise profoundly impacted this fan who wrote a beautiful dedication. “BTTF part 1 came to the theater near me 8 days after my mother passed away….I was 7 years old and was stunned and lost…the teenager that lived a couple doors down from me was the manager at the local movie theater and she could see how broken my family was so she took me to work with her and gave me popcorn and in I went to see the film….for 1 hour and 56 minutes my swirling brain went quiet and my soul was still….my worries left me as I cheered for Doc and Marty…my sorrow was replaced with happiness as watched George and Lorraine fall in love again….I stayed for the next viewing and went back 5 more times that week…to this day it remains my comfort movie and one of my favorite moments in life was sharing it with my own child…if you’ve ever hoped that your work and art has mattered…I can assure you that it does and has….saved my life and made my kid smile…so thank you…truly….thank you.” This story’s featured image is by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images. The post “Back To The Future” Cast Gets Back Together For Jokes & Fun Pictures Nearly 40 Later appeared first on InspireMore.

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A Georgia homeowner fatally shot a decorated, off-duty Atlanta police officer who reportedly broke into a neighboring residence at 5 a.m. Friday — and authorities are calling the shooting self-defense.Atlanta police identified the officer as Investigator Aubree Horton, WAGA-TV reported.'I've lived here for five years, and I can promise you, this isn't something you expect to see here.'Horton was selected as Investigator of the Year at the Atlanta Police Foundation's 20th Annual "Crime is Toast" Awards on Sept. 24. The incident occurred at a home on Orkney Way near East Carroll Road in the St. Andrews Country Club neighborhood, WAGA said. Douglas County Sheriff Tim Pounds told the station that deputies responded to a burglary call at the scene of the shooting. "On an attempted burglary, we understand that an individual attempted to gain entry into the residence," the sheriff told WAGA. "Once inside, the homeowner produced a firearm in self-defense and shot the individual." Pounds said the individual in question died.The deadly shooting shocked neighbors, the station said."I've lived here for five years, and I can promise you, this isn't something you expect to see here," resident Milton Johnston told WAGA. Authorities told the station that Horton also lived in the neighborhood — about a half-mile from the scene — and may have been experiencing a mental health episode or under the influence of narcotics."We believe the burglar lived in the neighborhood," Pounds noted to WAGA. "This is an active investigation, and there are many details we're still working to uncover."Atlanta police confirmed in a statement that Horton — who had been with the department since November 2015 and most recently was assigned to the Fugitive Unit — was off duty at the time of the incident, the station said. "We are working closely with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office to learn more about what occurred as they continue to investigate," the police department's statement read, according to WAGA.You can view video reports here and here, about the incident.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

America, it’s time for an intervention.I don’t know if you’ve looked around lately, but all our institutions are being captured by woke race hustlers. Or they already have been.This is one book you won’t be able to put down once you pick it up.All of them.The NFL went woke years ago and still plays the fake “black national anthem” before the start of each season. The NBA is a woke shill for communist China. Disney is so woke, it’s happy to lose money insulting fans of its biggest franchise, “Star Wars.” Coke? Woke.It’s gotten so bad that even Jack Daniels had to be called out for pushing DEI — diversity, equity, and inclusion — policies on its unsuspecting employees. John Deere — known for its tractors and heavy equipment — also recently withdrew its DEI mandates after facing backlash.Wokeness has infiltrated practically every American institution, from education and corporations to media, entertainment, and even churches. This ideology now undermines the freedoms that made America great. It must be stopped.It’s time for an intervention. And the great Mel K is here to lead it.You may know Mel K from her wildly entertaining and successful podcast, “The Mel K Show.” She’s a juggernaut, insightful, fearless, creative, and all about freedom. Mel has spent decades crafting stories based on facts with a heart for freedom.In her new book, “Americans Anonymous: Restoring Power to the People One Citizen at a Time,” Mel sets out with a simple but powerful mission: Restore freedom to save America. That’s it, and it’s everything.This searing book is a needed salvo in the war against cultural Marxists and their designs on destroying America. From the race hustlers rewriting history casting America as the villain, to the corporations and universities imposing their twisted visions on unsuspecting staff and students, this toxic, soul-destroying addiction is everywhere. Yes, it’s an addiction. Vast swaths of America have become addicted to this poison. That’s why Mel K’s “Americans Anonymous” is so needed, and it’s why she wrote it as a means of awakening and empowering Americans to step up, recognize the problem, and one by one reclaim our freedoms and restore our hope.She even begins the book with the kind of statement you might hear at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting: “Hi. My name is Mel K, and I’m an American. I am grateful to be afforded the opportunity to share my thoughts and ideas with you today thanks to God’s gifts of free will, critical thinking, and grace.”It’s a brilliant approach to a deeply serious problem, one that Mel K writes will only be conquered by faith.From there, Mel K diagnoses the problem and, unlike many books on the subject, offers real solutions. This is one book you won’t be able to put down once you pick it up.“Americans Anonymous” is smart, engaging, and real. Mel K examines America’s chief addiction — to chaos and conflict — through a lens of love for the constitutional republic we were designed to be and that we can and should be again. As anyone who has dealt with addiction knows, addicts must reach rock bottom before they realize they have a problem at all. America, Mel K argues, is perilously close to rock bottom. We’re addicted to conflict manufactured by politics and the media. We’re addicted to distractions manufactured by Hollywood and technology. We’re addicted to debt, now paying more in interest payments than to defend our country or provide for our basic national needs. Ultimately, “Americans Anonymous” is a hopeful book. Millions of Americans already recognize the problem before we’ve hit rock bottom. Mel K is one of them, and she’s leading the way to saving America so we and our children and grandchildren have a better — and addiction-free — tomorrow.America is all of us, and it’s going to take all of us to save her. Mel K’s “Americans Anonymous” is a fantastic, and at times infuriating and terrifying, start on America’s road to recovery.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said some billionaires are "terrified" that former President Donald Trump would reveal the Jeffrey Epstein client list if elected again in November. Musk made the comments while talking to Tucker Carlson on his show, which was published on the X platform, which is owned by Musk. 'You just look at them, and you're like, "That's a nervous person right there."'"Will that ever come out, do you think?" Carlson asked of the Epstein client list. "You know I think part of why Kamala is getting so much support is that if Trump wins, that Epstein client list is going to become public," said Musk. "Yes," Carlson responded. "And some of those billionaires behind Kamala are terrified of that outcome," he added. He went on name venture capitalist Reid Hoffman and Microsoft founder Bill Gates as two of those who were allegedly afraid of the disclosures in the Epstein client list. Carlson went on to say that he could tell by just looking at them. "You can sort, you just look at them, and you're like, 'That's a nervous person right there,'" he said. They went on to claim that many of those people on the Epstein client list and the list of alleged accomplices to Sean "Diddy" Combs were among the people who scolded regular Americans. Musk said that if Trump were to win the election that they could "clean house." A judge in charge of the Epstein client list has explained that many of the names in the lawsuit are being protected because they are victims or falsely accused perpetrators. Also, the people named have due process rights to be legally able to challenge their identities being released. Musk has formally endorsed Trump and has joined him on the campaign trail. Trump has previously said he would release the Epstein client list if elected again. Clips from the interview were circulated on social media, but the full interview can he viewed on Carlson's account. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!