Sharkicanes?
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With frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.
When they occur in Asia, they’re called Sharkoons.
Since 1980, five storms have hit the hypothetical Cat 6 threshold of 192 mph….None on record before then.
I wonder how much of that is due to not having the ability to measure the speeds, vs anything to do with global warming, (not saying I don’t believe in global warming and our role in it) but it’s similar to how some people think mental issues like ADHD or Autism and even things like gender dysphoria are on the rise, when in reality a lot of it is just better methodology and tracking of diagnosis.
You make a fair point, but even assuming this level of hurricane was occurring previously, at least we can now monitor their frequency moving forward.
Edit: I just read the article, and it indicates all such recorded hurricanes were within the last decade
Most speed calculations are made by the analysis of pressure at the storm’s core. Hurricane hunters measure that.
Meanwhile, Super Typhoon Tip (1979, with 190 mph sustained winds) be like:
Good news! Florida is FUCKED!
Bad news! Displaced Floridians spread their methhead redneck energy all across the country sea to boiling sea
There’s lots of good people in Fl. Go home, edge lord.
Let’s not get carried away. There are some good people in Florida.
I’m curious what the guidelines would be as a preparation for the potential of a new category. Like leave the area? I know changing how we do things now on a global scale should help, but in case and due to cynicism, it might not help. But what should people do for the seemingly inevitable storms?
Physical fitness helps. I’m just as guilty as many of my fellow Americans when it comes to letting the numbers on my bathroom scale creep up over the years so won’t be sitting here preaching routines and stuff. Some stretching and general work on flexibility should go a long way though.
Everyone’s starting point will be different but with some persistence and dedication to a steady routine, results will start showing before you know it. Once the storm hits, you’ll be much more capable of bending over to kiss your ass goodbye.
Lol I can’t tell if this is a joke or not but either way super funny.
Mostly a joke with some elements of truth. If you’re getting turbofucked by nature’s fury, being able to move on foot for long distances when needed puts you in a better position than someone who is less able. From a response resource point of view, people who can escape the immediate danger on foot free up vehicles and rescue personnel for others with mobility issues.
Wroooong. Become a climate denier. That way when the storm hits you can just pull your head out of your ass to kiss it goodbye.
Floridian here. Anything over a cat3 heading your way is cause to GTFO immediately or seek shelter in an evacuation shelter (usually sturdy public buildings like schools). You can usually weather the storm if it’s cat 1 or 2 and you’re well prepared and don’t live in a flood zone(even then there’s room for exercising your discretion). same goes for 3 but at that point I’m tracking the storms path to see if we’re gonna get a direct hit or not. If it’s on the low end of 3 and we’re only getting the outer bands I’ll stick it out. If it’s looking like a direct hit I’ll leave. Never been hit by a cat 4 or 5 and have no intention of being around when they come knocking. A cat 6 would be “if you’re still around you’re a fucking idiot” level of storm.
I did stick around for irma or Michael a few years back but only because by the time they were near me they were going to be significantly weaker than when they made landfall
The guideline is: Kiss your butt Goodbye
Excellent point.
Seriously though…the old saying “Run from water, hide from wind” still applies. At that strength, a Cat 6 is like a 20+ mile wide tornado. So, a lot of hiding if you’re anywhere near. And if you’re in the direct path there is little you can do.
It kind of triggers the mind with new state input. So more psychological. But it’s understandable, as a new category can encompass not just wind speed, but whater dropped, storm surge, and other factors that are amplified in Cat5 in a higher carbon atmosphere.
Also have to consider Cat5e which, due to its higher number of twists per inch, ends up being capable of much higher speeds without crosstalk.
Honestly you should be moving to Cat6 hurricanes and deprecating your Cat5e, since 2.5 gigabit
Ethernetwind speed is becoming a consumer-grade thing.
This just seems weird. it’s a “study” but it’s just some guys making a list of hurricanes that exceeded 192 mph winds and saying “these should be in their own category”, and I’m assuming they didn’t pick 200 mph because the list would then be too small. They’re also ignoring historic hurricanes that hit that, https://hurricanescience.org/history/storms/1930s/LaborDay/
A good reason to start building homes underground.
Unless it floods
Yeah as shabby as homes are made now, that would be really bad
We did it Humanity!
