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.
Agreed,
All kidding aside (my last post),I think the flooding along the Delaware will be devastating. I am praying it won’t be, but the pilot and amateur wx man in me is uneasy about this.
When I knocked a salt box down to build my shore house in Beach Haven NJ, I found some old pictures of a Hurricane in the mid sixties.... Homes floated away in that one.
This will be just as bad.
The Weather Channel goofballs are all greenie Global Warmers in my opinion, but I don’t this this is overhyped.
Prayers for all in this storms path.
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