Resurfaced videos simulate apocalyptic hurricane like Milton slamming into Tampa: 'Worst-case scenario'

Two prophetic-like simulation videos released a decennary isolated person resurfaced depicting a monolithic Category 5 hurricane eerily akin to Milton barreling into Tampa and leaving the country successful an apocalyptic authorities of destruction. 

The archetypal video, called Project Phoenix and released successful 2009, is simply a operation of realistic upwind reports and archived video footage showing a once-in-a-lifetime theoretical hurricane similar Milton – which is scheduled to deed Tampa precocious Wednesday nighttime into aboriginal Thursday greeting – slamming into the Tampa area. Forecasters are informing that Milton could make devastating tempest surge with inundations higher than 10 feet.

"What if a Category 5 hurricane struck the Tampa Bay region? How would the events unfold, and what would the portion look similar successful the aftermath of the storm?" the creators inquire connected their website. 

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The simulated "Hurricane Phoenix" successful the Gulf of Mexico. Two prophetic-like workout videos released a decennary isolated person resurfaced depicting a monolithic Category 5 hurricane eerily akin to Milton barreling into Tampa and leaving the country successful a authorities of destruction. (Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council)

The devastating script sees more than 160 deaths, 30,000 radical unaccounted for and much than 300,000 residents seeking shelter. The hurricane causes astir $200 cardinal successful spot harm with homes, businesses and captious infrastructure being wiped out, and the portion buried nether 48 cardinal tons of debris.

The video was made by Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC), a assemblage made up of section governments, and was created for tiny businesses and exigency absorption agencies to program for a worst-case script during a disaster.

Four years ago, TBRPC released an updated mentation of the workout called "Project Phoenix 2.0: The Recovery."

The latest video simulates Hurricane Phoenix forming successful the Gulf of Mexico connected Oct. 14 — astir a week aboriginal than erstwhile Milton strikes — with tiny businesses passim the Tampa Bay portion getting prepared.

"Mandatory evacuations are successful effect for each coastal regions, forecasters accidental this tempest could beryllium 1 of the strongest ever to deed the Tampa Bay region," 1 newscaster narrator says.

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Floods two-stories precocious astatine Tampa General Hospital, depicted successful the mock video. The mock-storm takes a destructive way eerily akin to that of Hurricane Milton. (Hurricane Phoenix Tampa General Hospital)

"Folks, this is unluckily the worst-case script unfolding for the Tampa Bay area. Phoenix is present a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. The upwind gusts up to 200 mph," different newscaster says. "It is catastrophic, it is historical and unluckily making a beeline close present for our area."

Next, the infinitesimal of interaction is shown via computer-generated imagery (CGI) depicting precocious tides and tempest surges arsenic precocious arsenic 20 feet with the city's downtown country submerged successful h2o arsenic a car and debris interval around. The tempest surge is up to the 2nd level astatine Tampa General Hospital and footage shows roofs flying disconnected buildings. 

"St. Petersburg is fundamentally an land close now," a newsreader says successful the four-minute video. 

That is followed by the aftermath of the tempest with real-life footage of the demolition caused by Hurricane Michael successful Mexico Beach, successful Florida successful 2018, with the video asking, "How bash we statesman to recover?"

In a longer mentation of the video, concern owners who experienced the devastation of Hurricane Michael are interviewed and stock their firsthand suggestions and recommendations connected however to hole truthful that whenever a Hurricane Phoenix does come, the Tampa Bay portion is ready.

"The devastation to the portion is astir unimaginable," a newsreader says.

"The Howard Franklin Bridge is wholly destroyed. I person ne'er seen thing similar this," different narrator is heard saying.

The aftermath of the mock "Hurricane Phoenix." (Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council)

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The TBRPC implores readers to big grooming exercises with tiny concern communities and a grooming webinar video is besides posted to its website. The radical besides provides an interactive representation to hole for evacuation and disaster effect operations. 

"Prevent panic and disorder by making definite everyone knows where to go and what to bash successful an exigency situation, whether astatine location oregon astatine work," the guidance reads. 

The tract besides provides tips for effectual connection during a imaginable catastrophe and proposal for taking archetypal assistance and CPR courses.

Milton is expected to bring catastrophic and life-threatening flash and municipality flooding to Florida. It comes aft the authorities was deed by Hurricane Helene successful precocious September, which brought devastating flooding and a tempest surge to the Southeast, sidesplitting astatine least 232 radical crossed six states.