• @NABDad
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    451 day ago

    Thank God climate change isn’t real or this would be concerning.

  • @[email protected]
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    241 day ago

    Is this thing thrashing the coast of mexico right now ?

    Everyone seems to be talking about florida.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 day ago

      Everyone’s focused on their own safety, which is probably understandable in a situation like this. Lots of coverage of the situation in Mexico in Mexican media.

    • TipRing
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      51 day ago

      The most powerful winds were well off the coast in Mexico, still i think the surge was 4-6 feet.

  • @[email protected]
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    2 days ago

    By the Saffir Simpson scale, the Cat 5 threshold is 157 mph sustained winds, and the proposed Cat 6 threshold was originally 180 mph, and more lately 192 to 195 mph sustained winds.

    Of course, this focuses on wind speed intensity, when more often the more damaging (to people and property) element is storm surge.

    … Which is currently estimated to be up to 15 feet near the center of the hurricane when it makes landfall as likely a Cat 3.

    EDIT: I am now seeing some meteorologists say it may make landfall as a Cat 4.

    • Flying Squid
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      71 day ago

      Milton would be the ultimate movie nerd.

      But I’m afraid Malvin has never lost that crown.

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    61 day ago

    Does anyone have coverage of the people in the Yucatan? I am legit curious and worried for the Mexicans living there. Fuck Florida.

  • @werefreeatlast
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    72 days ago

    Oh man! That thing looks crazy! Get out of there!