Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall the night of September 26, 2024 in Taylor County. This area of the Big Bend has had 3 hurricanes in 13 months, two of them major.
We expected a powerful Helene to hit the Big Bend, but we weren’t sure exactly where or when until a few hours before the eye made landfall.
WFSU-FM provided live coverage as the storm approached from the Gulf of Mexico. We were joined by the team of meteorologists at the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network.
After the clouds settled, Chief Meteorologist Tim Miller spoke with Gina Jordan on WFSU’s new weekly program “Speaking Of.”
Some of the questions we covered:
Why does Taylor County continue to be in the crosshairs when this has not been the norm?
The line in the middle of the National Hurricane Center’s cone went through Tallahassee, but the cone itself is what we should have been paying attention to, right?
Are we seeing a general pattern shift for hurricanes?
This has been an odd weather year for Tallahassee. We’ve had flooding. We had a day in May that brought damaging tornadoes. Now, we’re repeatedly getting close calls with hurricanes. What is happening, and can we expect more of this?
Is any place safe from Mother Nature -- especially as we see stronger storms?
Click LISTEN to hear the full conversation.
