It’s a CAT1 hurricane.
Is this guy a credible meteorologist or just some guy attention whoring for ratings?
CAT1 refers only to windspeed. Any hurricane force winds are serious, but CAT 1 is mild, when it comes to windspeeds.
The problem is water.
Sandy has the lowest barometric pressure EVER, at this latitude (how far north).
It is one of, or possibly THE largest (area) storms ever.
That means it's moving A LOT of water.
60+ MPH winds over a 500 mile stretch of coastline.
The destructive potential of Sandy (they put a number on it) is higher than Katrina.
He is more credible than any armchair meteorologist, I am quite sure of that.
Yup a Cat 1, and look at that front line ~ there's some power in that ~ you don't often see one like that ~ from the Arctic to the Equator.
Then, the area covered by this storm now is about 900 miles wide ~ Do a pi r squared deal on this ~ pi =3.17 (cutting you some slack) times 450 X 450 = square miles. HUGE NUMBER
You were aware these tropical systems usually never encompass an area so large that you find Illinois and Indiana in it at the same time the storm center is several hours out from coming ashore.
This is MANY TIMES the size of Katrina.
BTW, they don't usually rate a nor'easter as a CAT anything.
They are trying to write the narrative that since this is a “ Historic “ storm that since Obama is the president that we should not be changing presidents in such a historic event.
Is this the same guy that said hurricane Isaac was going to hit “the landmass between New Orleans and Alabama”. That un-named land mass happens to be Mississippi, it’s now reffered to as “Landmassia” by some.
Is this the same guy that said hurricane Isaac was going to hit “the landmass between New Orleans and Alabama”. That un-named land mass happens to be Mississippi, it’s now reffered to as “Landmassia” by some.
I live 75 miles from the water at VA beach and I just told a friend of mine I upgraded the storm to a category .3 storm. “Irritating to walk the dog in”
Is this the same guy that said hurricane Isaac was going to hit “the landmass between New Orleans and Alabama”. That un-named land mass happens to be Mississippi, it’s now reffered to as “Landmassia” by some.