[sten]

if Ian had 155+ mph winds on landfall... you’d see piles and piles of lumber. no houses. just piles of lumber.

the storm surge happening during high tide insured plenty of flooding. videos of soil erosion and cars floating is typical of CAT-1 storm merged with high tide (ie: hurricane sandy)

there is no evidence of the storm being anything more than a CAT-1

[dfwgator]

This was the aftermath of Andrew

That damage was all wind, not surge.

[1FreeAmerican]

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.