Just saw a hurricane expert say landfall between Charleston and Myrtle Beach. Around noon today.
Large flash flooding predicted.
It could hit at high tide.
I think high tide is around elevenish there :( Not good.
The wind and rain field goes way beyond just the cone landing.....the wind-field is 450 miles just as an example. So the entire coast line is going to have some degree of flooding or wind or both.
People do focus on the cone falsely thinking they won’t get hit - but again this hurricane is so wide many will be affected.
Seasoned citizens in Charleston/Folly Beach/Myrtle Beach are likely thinking about horrific Hurricane Hugo back in 1989.
Unlikely that Ian will be as severe as Hugo, while following a similar forecast track toward the Carolinas. However, Ian's wrath will be very widespread with an immense tropical storm windfield.
It seems this storm just had bad timing, to hit both coasts at their local high tide. But I’m sure some “scientist” will explain how that timing is due to global warming.