Hurricane Milton reporter takes dig at Falcons as storm brings devastation to state

Hurricane Milton walloped Florida connected Wednesday night, causing catastrophic tempest surge, devastating harm and leaving millions without powerfulness crossed the state.

The Atlanta Falcons and their epic Super Bowl catastrophe inactive managed to beryllium a portion of the coverage, acknowledgment to a newsman from The Weather Channel.

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Matt Ryan, #2, shakes hands with New England Patriots backmost Tom Brady, #12, aft Super Bowl LI astatine NRG Stadium successful Houston connected Feb. 5, 2017. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

The Weather Channel’s Paul Goodloe was successful Sarasota, Florida, providing sum of the hurricane arsenic it made landfall. He past utilized the Falcons’ illness astatine the hands of the New England Patriots successful Super Bowl LI portion helium explained that the afloat interaction of the tempest was acold from over.

"We decidedly enjoyed a small halftime amusement that Mother Nature gave america wrong Milton," Goodloe said. "But present we’ve got the 2nd half. I’ve got to punctual everyone, you mightiness inactive beryllium successful the oculus close now, there’s a batch much to go.

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Wind-driven rainfall soaks a thoroughfare successful downtown Tampa, Florida, during the transition of Hurricane Milton connected Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

"I deliberation backmost to, you know, the Atlanta Falcons’ archetypal fractional Super Bowl winner. We cognize what happened to the 2nd half, erstwhile the Patriots came backmost to life. So bash not slumber connected the 2nd fractional of Milton."

The Falcons had a 28-3 pb astatine halftime of that Super Bowl lone to suffer it arsenic Tom Brady mounted an epic comeback successful that game. It inactive shows that the crippled is inactive connected fans’ minds adjacent successful the astir perilous of situations.

Small boats remainder connected a pier aft they were unmoored during Hurricane Milton connected Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 successful Fort Myers, Florida. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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As for Milton, it moved done Florida from Wednesday nighttime into Thursday. 

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