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Observations in the Natural World
| October 7th, 2024 at 2:52:14 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 | Only seven hurricanes have gone from Category 1 to Category 5 in 24 hours or less. Milton is now the second fastest to do so Wilma: 12 hours Maria: 18 hours Milton: 18 hours Felix: 24 hours Dean: 24 hours Andrew: 24 hours Anita: 24 hours Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| October 7th, 2024 at 3:43:50 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5896 |
Darn it, I wanted to be part of a record. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |
| October 7th, 2024 at 7:54:47 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
Lobby for a category 6 I think it's dumb to top off at Category 5 Climate change demands we establish a category 6 to break records 😀 Currently Category 5 defined as 157mph to infinity WTF, infinity?????????? Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| October 8th, 2024 at 4:34:32 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22940 | The smaller hurricane winds I've been in (Cat 2) and tropical storm winds don't show up in the sustained winds they are measured in. It's the gusts that last like 30 seconds to a minute where stuff really gets blown or breaks. Supposedly a Cat 5 can gust over 200mph. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| October 8th, 2024 at 5:59:47 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |  Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| October 8th, 2024 at 7:08:52 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5896 |
We had 150mph winds here in my city for hurricane Ian. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |