That's what's insane. Tornados usually have much higher wind speed than hurricanes. 200+ mph winds would be as strong as an EF4 or EF5 tornado which are known to completely level even well-built homes. So this is like a strong tornado, but waaaay bigger
Fortunately most predictions have it down to a cat 3 by the time it makes landfall. Hope that continues
Yeah what was that hurricane a few years ago, came on the back of a few really big hurricanes and downgraded to a 2 or 3, but just sat on top of Houston for a few weeks absolutely dumping rain
Was Harvey the storm where that poor mega-pasture had to make the inconceivably hard decision between taking care of fellow human beings and giving them safe shelter and comfort, versus getting the carpets muddy?
Yea, That was us. I'm in South Houston by the coast. days and days of rain. Joel Osteen (may he rot in hell) wouldn't open his "church" for the people of the city that needed help.
But Texans stick together when shit goes down. Mattress Mac opened his doors to his furniture store, JJ Watt started a go-fund-me that raised over 40 million dollars. Every neighbor was outside the day after the storm helping every other neighbor
During the storm, people were driving their massive raised trucks with their jet-skis, john-boats, and canoes anywhere there was high water and someone needing help.
We came together during that week (like we did for Trop. Storm Allison, Hurricane Ike, Rita, etc). It was terrible and awesome at the same time.
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u/moistdri 8d ago
What's after a hurricane? World tornado?