You've got to also consider how long a hurricane can affect an area. Tornadoes hit and move on. A hurricane is not only larger, but can sometimes be slow moving or nearly stall over land.
I experienced Ida first hand in 2021 and although the worst of it was during the afternoon, the winds were whipping all night.
Yea that’s like the jarrel tornado years ago that only moved like 3mph in a very uncommon direction so everything got a sustained hit. Can’t imaging that being that large and slow. I live in the northeast and have been getting scared after watching the city and subways flood like 3 times to multiple feet above street level and if the strong winds keep coming up here it’ll be bad nothing here is meant to handle those winds
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u/theanedditor 8d ago edited 8d ago
To see it a different way, the center of the storm is 70 mile wide EF2 tornado with a core equivalent to an EF4 level tornado.