Pics du jour

🌀 Hurricane Milton made landfall last night as a Category 3 storm. Local evacuation orders grew to encompass 15 Florida counties and ~7.2 million residents as of yesterday evening. Over 50,000 utility workers and 9,000 National Guard members were deployed across Florida in anticipation of Milton, which is on track to cut across the state before heading into the Atlantic Ocean later today. Nearly two million people have lost power. Several airports have closed; emergency services in multiple counties have been suspended. (Note: while the storm may take out cell service, Floridians can still send iPhone texts via satellite if updated to iOS 18.)

🎰 The Tropicana, one of the last remaining casinos from Vegas’ mob era, was demolished. The Tropicana, which closed in April to make way for the relocating Oakland A’s stadium, had been linked to mob activity on multiple occasions over its 67-year tenure. In true Vegas fashion, the demolition at 2:30 am local time Wednesday was turned into a live-streamed spectacle featuring 555 drones and a fireworks display.

😬 A Danish museum’s beer can artwork was accidentally thrown in the trash by staff. The artwork “All the good times we spent together,” which takes the form of two hand-painted beer cans, was accidentally thrown away by a museum mechanic who had just started the job. The museum’s curator managed to rescue the cans from the trash, and found them a new display spot.