re: Hurricane Milton - The Cleanup Begins...

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Neither were a Cat 3 in Covington, nor did Covington take a direct hit for either lol.

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Theres just no winning ever in these threads

Everything gets taken out of context so all the little keyboard warriors can try to land a gotcha for some updoots and feel cool

Regardless of that being completely untrue that Ida and Katrina werent Cat 3s or worse at landfall which is what we were conversing in comparing to Milton, how does you saying that help the argument that I said people as far inland of Orlando don't have to evacuate (based on their own news outlet telling them it wasnt necessary)? Milton will be a cat 3 or worse at landfall, Orlando may very well be as close to the center track as covington/mandeville was for those storms, and Orlando is just about as far inland as Mandeville/Covington area.

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I mean people fly from around the world to check out Miami and the keys, if it’s that or Columbus, GA no offense to Columbus but sign me up for South Beach.

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I live in Columbus and fully support this statement

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A weak cat 2 is the strongest a storm has ever been while directly over the nola metro area.

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what about Hurricane Betsy?

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There is one black and white answer. If you live in a place where they tell you to evacuate then f**king evacuate!

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OK, now do experimental Vaccines!

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what about Hurricane Betsy?

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I was almost 4 years old for Betsy and I remember that shite vividly. We were living in Metairie and it didn't flood ( at least on Belmont Pl) But there were many houses that had wind damage.

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Regardless of that being completely untrue that Ida and Katrina werent Cat 3s or worse at landfall

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You explicitly said that Ida and Katrina were Cat 3s in Covington. Neither were remotely close to Cat 3 strength when they passed 30+ miles away from covington.

My mom was 17 for Betsy - but that’s what I grew up hearing about.

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my bingo card is in tatters

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it should be, it’s October

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Fake

Space isnt real

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know a lot on this board likes to fashion themselves as super rugged individuals that can take on anything nature throws at them, but very very few have experienced an actual direct hit by a Cat 3+.

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Yeah I fought this fight in here one time with simply Cat 1 winds and it was a shite show

People are notoriously terrible at telling you how strong the wind is and how high the waves are. If someone tells you they had 100mph gusts or they were in 2-4 foot seas in their 24’ CC, you can safely assume it was 60mph gusts and 1-2 foot seas.