It really just needs to hit a specific Florida golf course.
Mar a Lagoon when?
Mr, Trump, I'm prepared to offer a fair deal for your soon to be lagoon. The sum total of one hundred dollars and fifty cents. Deal?
There's also a certain governor who could stand to experience god's wrath.
Two for one. That’s a bargain.
Poor Yucatan Peninsula. Seems to be nature's speedbag for Atlantic hurricanes. They might have to adjust the rankings going forward. These warm waters are going to feed them like no tomorrow.
Extends the path with a marker
Fixed it.
Federal. Crime. :O
Official. Act.
We are so fucked.
All things considered, that's a pretty lucky path if it doesn't drift north into the larger Caribbean islands
Except for the people in Yucatán. ..
...who would still be hit if it shifted slightly north?
Looks like Yucatán will bet hit, according to the NOAA. It's just a question of "where". And they predict it to be a Tropical Storm when it crossed Yucatán and enters the gulf. I don't know how warm that bathtub is at the moment, but that can get interesting, especially as a tropical storm is more likely to turn than a hurricane (IIRC). Let's see what happens.
Yea just the normal little islands that really should just be abandoned at this point
You mean the ones that would still be hit if it shifted north?
It's current path is over about as few people as you could ever hope for a storm of this size. Realistically, you knew I meant that and felt like being a smartass anyway.
E: typing is hard
I mean st Lucia, Trinidad, etc. Those get hit every time and should just be abandoned to save lives. Haiti and the Dominican get hit frequently but not every single time, looks like it should miss those larger Caribbean states this time
I'm sure your country will be happy to welcome the people from these islands. Right ?
It's not like people living there really have a choice.
I personally have no problem with my country taking the people populating these islands. The us isn’t short on space and more hands for the work can’t hurt.
My fellow countryman would never accept though since the population of the Caribbean is mostly non-white
you can catch the bold captains at https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/NORTH-ATLANTIC-OCEAN/ship-traffic-tracker turn on Dual Track mode it's wild how many ships ride close to big storms
Sailing pleasure vessels take advantage of hurricane winds when traversing distances.
Not so much in close proximity usually, though racing sailboats certainly will.
Really hoping it dissipates quickly. Any islands in the path of hurricane that intensifies are bad news. I survived a Category 5 Maria in 2017. Took years to recover. Thanks La Niña. 🙄
As opposed to the ones which are merely extremely scary?
First category 4 hurricane in June in known history.
That's just the price we pay for short term profits
Well it’s wayyyy earlier in the year than we would normally see one this strong. I think that’s what’s different.
I know. I read the article. I was just making fun of the headline, which implies that there's a non-terrifying kind of hurricane.
There is - a cat 2 is good drinking weather. :-P
Cat 3 is great kite surfing weather...
You can shoot a cat 1 to death with a handgun
Please do not shoot cats! Meow!
Flew a kite in a cat2 once. Also tried to play Frisbee but we lost the bee
So you just had a fris?
Cat 1’s clear out the tourists
Well yes. You have hurricanes of different intensity. Some are just a little more than a bad storm.
Category 1 hurricane speed is 74-95 mph according to my search.
I just lived through a relatively short, non-hurricane thunderstorm with winds measured a little above 80 mph.
Here's where I wrote about what it did at my home alone.
https://lemmy.world/post/17079709?scrollToComments=true
Believe me, it was terrifying.
There's terrifying (or should I say scared) and then there's terrifying.
Right, unless it comes from the Italics region of Fonts it's just sparkling terror.
Dude... all I can say is that if two massive trees fall down right outside your house in the middle of a bunch of high wind and lightning and thunder and hail and torrential rain and are anything less than terrified, you are a hell of a lot braver than I am.
Like that xkcd someone else replied with, what you're used to is less scary. Person you're replying to is prob used to harsher hurricanes.
I think most people would reserve the word terrifying for extreme conditions.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
Video at the bottom of the page shows the effects of different categories of hurricane. Might help you understand how someone who has experienced cat 3/4/5 hurricanes wouldn't consider cat 1s terrifying anymore.
The wind is not even the worst part of a hurricane, the rain and raised water level can be way more damaging than the wind alone.
Lets see if he makes it across Yucatán and "repowers" like Lee did last year.
Sensational!
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.