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Originally Posted by Sea Six
It has the moisture of a cat 4 (or even a 5) storm.
Most of the property damage and loss of life are due to the flooding and storm surge, which is still there in the storm even though the winds died down.
Vite, those folks are going to get such an ass-raping from this storm they won't ever have the problem you mentioned.
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Kinda begs the question: What determines category and is it sufficient?
Wind speed alone is not enough apparently. Cat 1 winds but moving slower than molasses. So rain, surge, etc come into play.
Maybe they need to reconsider the hurricane severity based on multiple factors. This one is a HUGE storm and moving slowly. Water damage will be huge but wind damage may be less than expected.