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 I live on the coast in Mississippi. The part that got hit by Katrina. So I've seen my fair share of hurricanes.
3s aren't horrible but they have the capability to do alot of damage if they stall out and poor down rain.
For
instance hurricane George did that when it hit years back. It didn't
have extraordinarily high winds but it took forever to dissipate. Just
dumping water on use for days.
Because of the amount of flooding
the trees with weak roots (for instance our entire pecan orchard we had
on the ranch) got blown away just by 40 or 50 mile per hour
winds...which really isn't much.
The real issue with this
hurricane isn't the fact its hitting Florida...they've gotten so many
hurricanes in the past that this is par for the course.
The issue is that it might be still strong after hitting them and riding up the east coast.
See, we make our buildings, roads, and everything else under the sun down here to be hurricane proof.
The entire East coast however does not.
A
strong enough hurricane or one with enough of a downpour can be a
serious threat for suburban areas that aren't ready for that kinda shit.
The flooding especially.
If you guys have ever watched the
weather channel during the rainy season in georgia or texas you'll know
what i'm talking about.
Towns, neighborhoods, business districts...all underwater. And not just a couple feet, but 11 or 12 feet high.
The idea of something like that happening in a heavily populated area is really really bad.
For
evacuation purposes...looting after the hurricane...harder effects of
power outages... shortage of food and water... property damage that has a
direct effect on the local (and frankly if its New York or something
along those lines that gets hit) or national economy.
So
yeah...while its all fun and games to poke fun at the fact they are
freaking out about the storm... frankly if any of them are smart they
damn well should be. |
