Just saw someone walking down the street with a shirt that said "2020 sucks" - pretty much sums it up. I told him I liked his shirt.
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Just saw someone walking down the street with a shirt that said "2020 sucks" - pretty much sums it up. I told him I liked his shirt.
Laura looks to be hitting right on the TX-LA border. Doesn't appear like there's a lot of population right on the coast (as is the case in most of Florida), the cities are inland a bit, but there is still over half a million people who are going to be pummeled.
The right front quadrant is the worst for winds and storm surge (counter-clockwise spin), so the entire coast of Louisiana is going to be hit very hard.
Thankful here in Houston that the track is staying to the east. Calling for some rain and sustained 15-25 mph winds with gusts into the 30s.
Really feeling for those near the TX/LA border that have endured multiple hits in the last decade.
From Space City Weather
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Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange area
Impacts peak between Midnight and 5 AM with sustained winds of 75 to 90 mph and gusts of 95 to 110 mph. Surge of 10 to 15 feet into Sabine Lake.
Lake Charles area
Impacts peak between midnight and 6 AM with sustained winds of 75 to 100 mph and gusts of 95 to 120 mph. Storm surge of 15 to 20 feet into Calcasieu Lake.
4:00 CDT update, winds have increased another 5 mph in the last 3 hours to 145. Cat 5 is 157, so this is a strong cat 4 (and really, what's a few mph? This one is a b****).
For anyone interested, this is my go-to site, NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Just the facts. Click on the hurricane symbol for details on wind, surge, rainfall etc. on separate maps.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
This is my 31st year on the coast of Florida, and I've been blessed to never take a direct hit off the ocean. So I've seen 70-80 mph winds, and they're no fun. Can't really imagine 140+. Thoughts and prayers.
7:00 CDT, now up to 150 mph sustained winds.
Laura is up to 150mph. This is going to be vicious. :(
I've never heard the term "unsurvivable" in relation to a storm before. Quite convincing.
This is pretty scary stuff. These dang hurricanes just keep getting worse. This one went from a cat 1 to a cat 4 in like what, 24 hours? Ridiculous.
I'm in favor of cancelling daylight savings this fall so we don't have to spend an extra hour in 2020. Wuddyathink?
I tuned in very early this morning and the announcers seemed very anxious to hype the damage they "were sure to see" at first light. But I kept thinking how much worse it could have been. The worst of it hit one of the least populous areas along the coast, and the storm moved very quickly, so the worst wind stayed in any one area only a relatively short time, there wasn't a huge rain accumulation, and because it moved fully over land very quickly the winds are dying down rapidly and as of now it is no longer even an official hurricane.
Not to minimize the damage that happened, but this could have been a whole lot worse, it seems to me.
Without doubt. When they slow and churn whilst still over water, that's when things get really bad.
Weather reporters often get very animated and excited about bad weather. It's a ratings bonanza, the nature version of "if it bleeds, it leads."