Bucs' 3-word message as Hurricane Milton set to devastate Florida

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers offered a connection to Florida residents arsenic Hurricane Milton creeps person to the occidental seashore of Florida.

"Stay safe, Florida," the squad said successful a connection connected X.

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This GOES-16 GeoColor outer image, taken astatine 12:15 p.m. EDT and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Hurricane Milton successful the Gulf of Mexico connected Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (NOAA via AP)

The Bucs moved their operations earlier successful the week to New Orleans arsenic they prepared to instrumentality connected the Saints.

"In beforehand of Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall, the Buccaneers volition depart Tampa connected Tuesday morning," the squad said. "The squad volition relocate operations to the New Orleans country for the remainder of the week starring up to Sunday’s crippled astatine the Saints. Media availabilities volition beryllium conducted virtually opening connected Wednesday."

Additionally, Tropicana Field – the location of the Tampa Bay Rays – turned into a basal campy for Florida exigency officials.

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A presumption of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo astatine midfield earlier a crippled against the Washington Commanders astatine Raymond James Stadium. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis directed Florida crews that were dispatched to North Carolina to assistance the authorities excavation retired of Hurricane Helene’s aftermath to instrumentality to Florida to hole for Milton’s arrival, which is churning successful the Gulf of Mexico arsenic a unsafe Category 4 hurricane.

Florida exigency officials launched evacuation orders for astir of the state’s occidental seashore successful mentation for Milton. Many of those aforesaid regions were inactive trying to excavation retired from Helene.

"Time is moving out," DeSantis said Tuesday, via USA Today. "There's nary warrant what the weather's going to beryllium similar starting Wednesday greeting ... You whitethorn person a model wherever it whitethorn beryllium safe, but you whitethorn not. So usage contiguous arsenic your time to finalize and execute the program that is going to support you and your family."

Cots seen astatine Tropicana Field earlier the accomplishment of Hurricane Milton successful St. Petersburg, Florida, connected Oct. 7, 2024. (REUTERS/Octavio Jones)

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Milton is expected to bring a deadly tempest surge, destructive winds and flooding rain, according to Fox Weather. Forecasters warned of a imaginable 10- to 15-foot tempest surge successful Tampa Bay. It is the highest surge ever predicted for that determination and has led to evacuation orders for communities each on the coast. 

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