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58752 Re: Helene - Cat 4 Now THAT'S Serious
   It was moving at 23 mph. So on one side of the storm you would subtra...
CTJ   6TH POPE   27 Sep 2024
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58747 Re: Helene - Cat 4 Now THAT'S Serious
   Hello I have finally been able to make my way around all the road b...
micro   6TH POPE   27 Sep 2024
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Re: Helene - Cat 4 Now THAT'S Serious

By: monkeytrots in 6TH POPE
Fri, 27 Sep 24 6:59 PM
Msg. 58735 of 60008
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Built quickly from CAT 2 to 4, and dropped to 3 very quickly after landfall, contrary to 'predictions' that because of it's size, that it would maintain intensity far inland.

It did drop quickly to Cat 1, and to Tropical Storm status when it entered southern Georgia.

With a fast mover, total rainfall on each area it passes over will be quite a bit lower than even a very slow moving tropical storm.

Current news is saying NOTHING about how high ACTUAL STORM surges were. Predictions were for long stretches of coastline to be hit by a 20 foot wall. From the lack of reporting, appears that those predictions were waaaaaaaaaay off, embarrassingly so.

I also have questions about how wide the '140 mph' sustained winds section was. Have the feeling, from the low damage/death reports, it was a rather 'small' section of the storm that got to CAT 4, and that would explain why the storm dropped in intensity so quickly.




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