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Dorian was the most powerful hurricane recorded in the history of the Bahamas, and the worst natural disaster in the country's history. Last year, Hurricane Ha
by enraged_camel 7y ago
Dorian was the most powerful hurricane recorded in the history of the Bahamas, and the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
Last year, Hurricane Harvey caused catastrophic "500-year" floods in Texas. Just this past week, remnants of tropical depression Imelda dropped unbelievable amounts of rain along the Texas Gulf Coast - more than 40 inches in some areas.
As these types of extremes become more frequent, you need to ask yourself if this stuff is just what is on the schedule, or if things are getting worse.
- kls 7y agothe 1935 Labor Day storm was the worst storm in recorded history to ever make landfall. The 1932 Storm that hit the Bahamas was far worse than Dorean. It was only eclipsed by the aforementioned labor day storm, the 1928 storm that hit Okeechobee and the 1932 storm that hit Cuba. 1932 an 1933 where the worst recorded 2 years for major hurricane landfalls. We have never seen a concurrence of 2 seasons like that in modern times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_5_Atlantic_hurricanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_5_Atlantic_hu...