What people don’t understand is that winds reported by the NHC are either estimates from Doppler radar or from the Hurricane Hunter aircraft and they fly at 10,000’ to be safe. There are no frictional effects from the ground or ocean up there.
Yes and the news stations hype this stuff to death. I’m originally from Jacksonville and have been through 3-4 hurricanes. When I was a kid Dora slammed through with 120 mph winds and that was scary. Nobody was out in the street. 😉