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Originally Posted by yesman065
Actually in 2005 there were seven Hurricanes in FL listed as Category 3 or better, 4 of which were Category 5's.
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Which hurricanes struck FL as category 4? From Yesman065's citation:
Nate passed S at only 85 MPH.
Dennis only did the western Keys at 90 MPH.
Ophelia remains in the Atlantic at 40 MPH.
Rita did the southern keys at 100 MPH
Wilma crossed southern FL at 120 MPH.
Katrina did southern FL at 80 MPH.
Everyone FL hurricane except Wilma was a category one or category two. (I believe I am missing one that was a non-event in Orlando). Somehow this is a disaster?
Wilma was a 175 MPH storm but not when in FL.
Dennis was 150 MPH but only 90 MPH when near to FL.
Rita was a 175 MPH storm but only 100 MPH when at southern FL.
Katrina was a 175 MPH storm but only 80 MPH when at southern FL.
Elsewhere they were (or almost) category five. But not in FL.
Pass Christian MS moved all equipment 10 miles inland to protect it. Katrina storm surge flooded completely through Pass Christian and destroyed equipment ten miles inland. The storm surge was easily 20 feet or more. This storm in MS proves that FL had disasters as rkzenrage claims? That same storm surge crashed over a 17' levee, crossed two miles of marsh, crashed over another 17' levee, washed completely through St Bernard's Parish, crossed the Industrial canal, crossed another levee and entered New Orlean's ninth ward.
Let's see. How many hurricanes washed through Miami Beach, through Miami, through Hialeah and into the Everglades? How many washed completely through Naples and Fort Myers? How many washed completely through Clearwater and St Petersburg? None. None even came close. But rkzenrage could not make coffee? He had to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? Therefore he suffered in a disaster?
Is it a full moon? I don't know what rkzenrage's winds were. But every FL storm that year was - at its worst - nothing more than a standard FL hurricane. Furthermore, destructive ones hit the Keys and Everglades National Park - lightly populated. Even Key West did not suffer massive damage. Where is this disaster? It really makes me wonder if UG is right? Are we all pathetic whimps? No electricity and that is a disaster?
When a real hurricane hit America, foreigners repeatedly tried to offer help. But a mental midget president, instead, went to CA for a campaign fund raiser. Aid was rejected. That proves to rkzenrage that only Americans are generous? Get a grip. Typhoons of 150 and 200 MPH struck the Phillippines, China, Taiwan, and even Vietnam. These were category four and five. At least one so strong that a new rating - category six - has been proposed. How well reported was it in America? But again, nobody in FL lost electricity? Therefore these typhoons were not serious?
Why should Chile and Italy supply assistance to rkzenrage? Learn from St Bernards Parish, Pass Christian, mainland China, Phillippines, etc. rkzenrage apparently has no idea what constitutes a disaster. But then numbers even make that obvious.