In October 2018, Hurricane Michael was a nothing burger at 5:00pm, but by 9:00pm it was “Run for your lives!”, a Cat 5. Winds, not gusts, were recorded past 193 MPH.
It came right over our house (we weren’t living here at the time) and beat the Hell out of the Panama City through the Mexico Beach area. It is stunning just how fast these monsters can intensify.