Hurricane Force Dissonance

Real-Science.com ^ | 8/28/2011 | S Goddard

[Recovering_Democrat]

Yesterday was an interesting day. I presented a very straightforward map from Weather Underground showing that there were no sustained surface winds higher than 33 MPH at Irene’s US landfall.

Hundreds of people went nuts, because the map disagreed with their need to blindly trust authority. They accused me of lying (did I make the map?) They accused Weather Underground of bogus maps (Jeff Masters the denier.) They came up with every reason to not believe the Emperor was NOAAked.

Incidents like this help me to understand the roots of historical disastrous human behaviour. Many people will blindly trust authority – rather than thinking for themselves or believing what they see with their own eyes.

[pankot]

I could not agree more. Your summary was well put.

[SaraJohnson]

Hurricanes die pretty quickly when they hit land.

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That is true. But I remember Ike! After hitting Galveston at Category 4 and leveling all towns around Galveston and most of Galveston, the storm moved down the highway flooding and blowing everything all the way in a strip to Houston and then kept up it’s tropical storm thing flooding and blowing all the way to Dallas!

That was unbelievable. I honestly felt something exceedingly evil had traveled through the area. It was spooky for a long time afterward for me. People were in a fog for a while and so many lost so much.

[Puckster]

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/08/29/quote-of-the-week-hype-and-hurricane-force-winds/#more-46246

There are a host of others that seem to think that Irene was not a hurricane at landfall.

Also, note the wind speeds that are supposed to be taken at 10 meters above terrain.

Thought you’d like to know.

[prisoner6]

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