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Aerial footage showing some of the destruction in Ft Myers… bridges are washed away and streets flooded. #HurricaneIan
https://www.facebook.com ^ | September 29, 2022 | Multiple

Posted on 09/29/2022 9:53:54 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: sten

All these weather people talking that the hurricane had 150+mph.

Well it did - at 700 millibars (10,000’).

Surface winds were generally at 80 -100 mph. Or less.


41 posted on 09/29/2022 11:40:47 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican

EXACTLY

I’ve been trying to get people to understand this and the danger in promoting inflated numbers which could result in the populace underestimating a future storm that does have 120+ mph winds... but at ground level, like Andrew.


42 posted on 09/29/2022 12:04:20 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: TermLimits4All

I’m so sorry if it is.


43 posted on 09/29/2022 12:07:34 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: sten

So what do they use to determine the Category then, ground winds or winds at 10,000 feet? And is it so normal for there to be a disparity between the two?


44 posted on 09/29/2022 12:09:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: sten

Makes sense—this hurricane’s main threat was storm surge—but of course that can do an incredible amount of damage in its own right.


45 posted on 09/29/2022 12:13:45 PM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Red Badger
“Hurricanes make things really windy and sometimes windy things fall over as we saw in Florida things are very windy but sometimes it rains too so that’s why this administration will continue to do the things that make the thing less windy yesterday today and tomorrow”

VP Harris (September 27, 2022)

46 posted on 09/29/2022 1:13:52 PM PDT by atc23 (The Matriarchal Society we embrace has led to masks and mandates and the cult of "safety")
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To: dfwgator

Most are mobile homes/double-wides; however stick-builts fared no better.


47 posted on 09/29/2022 1:37:02 PM PDT by Does so (https//youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: vivenne

Had a neighbor send me a pic of my house. The house is intact, water seems to have stayed at the street/lawn area. My fence is there but down, as expected and some shingles missing. I fared a lot better than most. Will be heading back this weekend to help where I can and clean up my area. Neighbor said we never lost power which is good. Had the AC cranked to keep the tropical moisture out of the house.


48 posted on 09/29/2022 1:44:27 PM PDT by TermLimits4All (We all know the solution to preserve freedom. Who though has the will to fight for it.)
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To: Angelino97

They are reporting more than a foot of rain in Orlando and a lot of flooding.


49 posted on 09/29/2022 2:11:46 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: atc23

“Hurricanes make things really windy and sometimes windy things fall over as we saw in Florida things are very windy but sometimes it rains too so that’s why this administration will continue to do the things that make the thing less windy yesterday today and tomorrow”
VP Harris (September 27, 2022)”

I hope that is some kind of internet joke and not a real quote, otherwise we are worse off than I thought.

It’s a joke right? Please?


50 posted on 09/29/2022 2:22:59 PM PDT by nomorelurker
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To: nomorelurker

The fact you have to ask that says a lot, not about you of course, but about our VP.


51 posted on 09/29/2022 2:25:09 PM PDT by Beach333 ( )
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To: HombreSecreto

Hahahahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


52 posted on 09/29/2022 2:31:27 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: dfwgator

only winds below 200 ft matter as they’re the only winds effecting people.

just like the jet stream and it’s 200+ mph winds at 6+ miles... storm winds at 10,000+ ft are irrelevant.

but they do grab headlines, draw eyeballs, and promote the ‘global warming’ narrative


53 posted on 09/29/2022 2:34:11 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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