Why is this particular storm being labeled “super” and monster?
There have been at least 20 storms of this size or greater since 2000.
It’s big... will probably “Ike” out and lose much of it’s strength before landfall.
But it’s no Katrina or Andrew.
Pacific hurricanes have a a lot more ocean to work with.
——Why is this particular storm being labeled “super” and monster?——
It always bugs me they call sandy ...”super storm sandy” it wasn’t a super storm at all...coastal areas were flooded bady, but that’s about it...
Having lived though Hurricane Andrew....sandy was a walk in the park unless you lived right on the coast...
About the only thing super about it was its diameter when it was a Cat 5. The wind speeds just got it there, and the barometric pressure was low, but not unusually so.
Predictions of its strength at landfall in Kyushu have dropped from 4 to 3 and now down to Cat 1.
This is still a dangerous storm that will cover the entire group of main islands, and there was substantial rainfall just a few days ago, so major mudslides are predicted, but all this “super-typhoon” ranting is just hype for ratings and AGW lemmings.