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this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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First thought was, "Is this really necessary? How far past Cat 5 are we seeing?"
JFC. 35mph faster than a top Cat 5?! How many of y'all been in a hurricane? We had a top-end Cat 3 do a stunning amount of damage, makes most top-10 lists I've seen. Katrina hit 174mph, and I cannot describe the destruction. What you saw on the news was New Orleans, you did not see southern Mississippi.
NO was a humanitarian disaster, MS was... I don't have words. My ex-FIL earned 2 Bronze Stars in Iraq, 3 tours I think? He was fine. Came home and led his troops fighting their way in, cutting houses in half and pushing them off the road. The man got PTSD, divorced his wife of 32-years and stopped talking to his only child. Yeah, it was bad.
Ex and I drove through the blast area in Gulfport. Wild. Turned north and saw damage to just past Hattiesburg. That's 70-miles inland folks. For perspective, I'm 32-miles inland and don't expect much from a hurricane.
So just how fast are they going now?!
Katrina's winds had weakened to 125mph sustained when it made landfall.