Man calmly walks to car while CNN reporter gives an academy award winning performance

There are two types of people in this world.

On one hand, take this poor CNN reporter. Struggling to maintain balance, the occasional grasp of the bulletproof helmet (worn either because the hurricane was just so damn deadly, or he was on an average American street and worried he’d get shot).

The cameraman channeling his inner Star Trek and shaking the camera like he was being torpedoed by the Klingons. The onscreen graphics with a live wind meter showing that, yes, it’s in the red so the wind must be super bad. This is the world of Hurricane Ian through the eyes of a major American newscaster.

And then take this random man, in the background of the same report, calmly walking to his car without the slightest hint of difficulty. This is the world of Hurricane Ian through the eyes of Florida Man. And that’s the only time you’ll see us use the term ‘Florida man’ without using the phrase ‘arrested for a bizarre incident.’

2 For The Price of One

We have two atlantic basin tropical storms this week. Predictions are that they will merge at some point near the panhandle of Florida.

To have two tropical systems in the Gulf, potentially making landfall near the same time is unusual and could lead to something that is even more rare – the Fujiwhara effect.

The Fujiwhara effect happens when two tropical systems come near, then orbit each other, or possibly merge into one system.

It is named for Sakuhei Fujiwhara, a Japanese meteorologist who first described the effect in 1921.