Dorian - a name that will be retired

Gravdigr · 10-02-2019, 12:03 PM

Wind speeds have to be faster than that (60 mph)to be a hurricane, don't they?

tw · 10-02-2019, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Wind speeds have to be faster than that (60 mph)to be a hurricane,

As I always do, I down play numbers so as to be conservative (not to be confused with wacko extremists). Another example was horsepower per liter. A car must do at least 70. This hurricane will approach as a Force 12 storm. That means 73 MPH plus.

Interesting is always the data buoy numbers for wave heights. Unfortunately, this storm is predicated to approach where no data buoys exist.

How bad is a hurricane? Once waves exceed 30 feet (ie 10 meters), then this is a serious storm.

Hurricane Sandy was barely a Category 1 - about 75 MPH. And it never stuck any land (where massive damage happened). I suspect Ireland is built by product people. So damage will be less. But this is the experiment. We will have facts after Thursday.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-03-2019, 11:09 AM

Dorian caused an 8 ft surge in less than an hour, killing 28 of the 49 horses on Cedar Island.

https://www.insider.com/wild-horses-..._medium=ingest

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