“... debris to ride on till they get to the mainland.”
It should be noted that swimmers on the other side of a hurricane will be going in the opposite direction, out to sea.
That would not be fun.
Enosh wrote:
“... debris to ride on till they get to the mainland.”
It should be noted that swimmers on the other side of a hurricane will be going in the opposite direction,
out to sea.
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That is very true and an important consideration. Thanks for pointing that out.
That said, I’ve been going over the post Ike aerial imagery, and have yet to find a debris field indicating failure other than very early in the storm’s passage.
The construction debris tends almost universally to indicate the structures failed while the wind was out of the SE. The big and little pieces show clear trails from the building out to the northwest.
There is considerable evidence that quite a bit of scouring took place in the opposite direction, but that’s all sand and oil slicks. The buildings failed before Ike made landfall, if the debris fields are any indication.