If a cat 1 creates this amount of issues, the folks up north will need to some rethinking as a cat 2 or 3 would be a doozy for them. I can’t imaging what they would do with a cat 4.
Are the waters up north warm enough for a Cat 2, 3 or 4?
If this was a normal Cat 1 storm, 12 hours and it would be gone. The cleanup could begin.
This is NOT normal - extra large, merging with a low pressure area from the west - been raining here in MD since Saturday night and no end yet in sight.
We have weathered Cat 4 storms with less trouble than this one is causing.
“If a cat 1 creates this amount of issues, the folks up north will need to some rethinking as a cat 2 or 3 would be a doozy for them. I cant imaging what they would do with a cat 4.”
There isn’t a city out there that is prepared for a cat. 4.
>>If a cat 1 creates this amount of issues, the folks up north will need to some rethinking as a cat 2 or 3 would be a doozy for them. I cant imaging what they would do with a cat 4.
This storm had a worse storm surge than the 1938 Hurricane, which started as a Cat 5 but hit land as a Cat 3. Wind damage was never the primary concern with this storm, it was storm surge. That 1938 hurricane did way more damage and cut a swath through NY and New England hundreds of miles wide. That is still the worst storm to hit this area, well, that we know about.
I don’t know that we could prepare for that kind of storm to be honest.