Hasn't it always been always known that it was going to rapidly strengthen to a CAT 5 then as it approached land weaken to a CAT 3/4? I mean I've known it for at least 5 days - does that mean I'm in the "know"? [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Really of no worry I would think. They aren't very aggressive. Looks like about 2 or 3 people a year die from alligators. Around 10 die from brain eating amoeba. I'd be more worried about that.
Not much worry at all unless they get over like 8-10 feet. At that point they’ll eat anything.
Otherwise the only worry is for small children, elderly and animals.
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Looks like this hurricane brings out the worst in some people.
FHP Troopers rescued a dog left tied to a pole on I-75 near Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning. Do NOT do this to your pets please… pic.twitter.com/8cZJOfkJL2
I have more respect for the assholes who drop their dogs off in a rural area when they don’t want them.. and I don’t have any respect for those assholes either. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BleedingRed:
Yeah I see a bunch with the diagram showing it going back to Cat4 before landfall.. There is ZERO chance at this point.
It will make landfall as a Cat 3, and a LOW end cat3 at that. We lucked out, had the dry air and sheer not existed could have been really bad.
No chance it intensifies before land fall. Too much upper level shear and dry air it’s pulling in.
It might not even be a 3 at land fall. It’s already dropped against in the last 30 minutes.
It’s gonna be a mess with stuff. But the shear media driven panic is so pathetic. Crying wolf all the time is dangerously misinformation. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mr. Plow:
I have to be missing something.
Hasn't it always been always known that it was going to rapidly strengthen to a CAT 5 then as it approached land weaken to a CAT 3/4? I mean I've known it for at least 5 days - does that mean I'm in the "know"?
I mean yes, the possibility of it weakening was always there. Hence why the weather forecasters crying on live tv was crazy.
Originally Posted by Reerun_KC:
No chance it intensifies before land fall. Too much upper level shear and dry air it’s pulling in.
It might not even be a 3 at land fall. It’s already dropped against in the last 30 minutes.
It’s gonna be a mess with stuff. But the shear media driven panic is so pathetic. Crying wolf all the time is dangerously misinformation.
It's close enough that it's still going to have high end CAT 4 storm surge which is where a ton of the issues come from. Exact same thing happened with Katrina as it came in as a 3 as well but had the heavy storm surge as it weakened as it came in. [Reply]