Wednesday, August 26, 2020

I was wrong about Hurricane Laura. It's a category 4 which is much much higher than 110 mph sustained winds: 130 to 156 mph sustained

Just so you notice it will hit the Lake Charles Louisiana area with SUSTAINED winds between 130 and 156 mph. At this speed almost everyone and everything can and will blow away especially human beings out in the weather. Then you have to add to that 15 foot storm surge with 130 mph to 156 mph winds on top of whatever the tides, waves and winds bring too. Sounds like the best bet is not to be there at all unless you want to die.
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CategorySustained Winds
174-95 mph 64-82 kt 119-153 km/h
296-110 mph 83-95 kt 154-177 km/h
3 (major)111-129 mph 96-112 kt 178-208 km/h
4 (major)130-156 mph 113-136 kt 209-251 km/h

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