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This is Katrina-like. It won't hit Florida as a Category 5 (should weaken before then, like Katrina), but the wind-driven storm surge it builds up passing over
by perihelions 2y ago
This is Katrina-like. It won't hit Florida as a Category 5 (should weaken before then, like Katrina), but the wind-driven storm surge it builds up passing over the Gulf will be that of a Category 5.
Current forecast is 10-15 feet in Tampa bay,
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/213144.shtml?peakSurge https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/213144.s...
- treis 2y agoTampa Bay is geographically quite vulnerable to storm surge. They have been fortunate to not have been hit directly by a hurricane in a long time. This looks like the nightmare scenario.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoWhat does that mean for potential damage? Is there some kind of measure of how far inland water can travel?
- Vecr 2y ago"Almost unthinkable" according to the Project Phoenix report.
- foxyv 2y agoMost of Tampa Bay is less than 50 feet above sea level. It's not quite as bad as New Orleans, but it's not good. A comparable storm would be the 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane that made landfall in a very similar way when Tampa was not nearly as populated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Tampa_Bay_hurricane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Tampa_Bay_hurricane
- mjrpes 2y agoZoom in on Tampa on this Category 4 flood map and see the utter devastation that this amount of flooding will cause: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/203f772571cb48b1b8b50fdcc3272e2c/page/Category-4/ https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/203f772571cb48b1b8b...
- perihelions 2y agoThere's a specific storm surge forecast map for this storm, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/092140.shtml?inundation https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/092140.s... https://slosh.nws.noaa.gov/psurge2.0/ https://slosh.nws.noaa.gov/psurge2.0/