Depends on... is the best answer.
Between the tracking speed, storm surge, sustained wind speeds, inches of rain falling per, land topography and its ability to shed/drain water, hurricane coverage (mass/size), etc., will - all - impact, the given land crossed, greater than, or lesser than, other comparable storms.
IMHO- This storm checks off most of the boxes in a very negative way.
The preparedness and early warnings issued, along with the overwhelming ways implemented to convey said information in today’s society using all forms of media, likely saved many lives.
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An especially snarky reporter asked one of Gov. DeSantis spokespersons, how a particular responsible agency was dealing with the trauma that was being visited upon the elderly, that were having to be relocated from their long-term living facilities into alternative survivable shelters. Good grief! How about the trauma of leaving the elderly in the buildings as they fill up with contaminated ocean water?
By the time this storm passes inland, there may not be much of Fort Myers left standing intact. 🙁 Now you wonder will it start to resemble the 1900 Galveston hurricane but in a less populate area.
How dare he not be like School Bus Nagin and leave them behind in sub-stnadard buildings.
Thanks! Shortly after I posted to you, Ryan Hall mentioned air speed at 40,000-50,000 levels affect mph moving hurricane on the ground.
Colossally complicated.
BTW: See my post 1766. He continues to report potential super cells creating tornado activity in Orlando and surrounding areas tonight. Under a tornado watch now.
“The preparedness and early warnings issued, along with the overwhelming ways implemented to convey said information in today’s society using all forms of media, likely saved many lives.”
No doubt and thank God!
“An especially snarky reporter” - I could say so much (like covid nursing homes) but I assume DeSantis team moved on to conveying actual helpful info.