I don't get it. There is a mental block that gets stuck on wind speed, despite all of the supporting data--and now video--showing what this freak storm is going to produce in storm surge.
I don't get that, either.
I think maybe we need a new or alternate measurment system for hurricanes. The Saffir Simpson scale is only useful to a point and it seems that we continue to be in a time where massive GOM storms are going to produce historic surges... the cycle should last at least another few years in my opinion. There’s no doubt in my mind that some folks are looking at a cat 2 before everything else and assuming things will be OK. I sure hope the figures are not comparable to Katrina when all is said and done, but this has a pretty good shot to rank up there in the top 5... maybe top 2 all time costliest/deadliest storms in the U.S.