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I never knew a bay could be as large as a Cat 5 hurricane. That's news to me.
What the hell are you babbling about now? Hurricanes are measured by wind speed, not surface area. A category 5 hurricane simply means it has winds exceeding 156 mph.
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that those 2 maps aren't the same scale, so a side-by-side comparison is as meaningless as 99% of your posts.
What the hell are you babbling about now? Hurricanes are measured by wind speed, not surface area. A category 5 hurricane simply means it has winds exceeding 156 mph.
Are you sure you live in TX?
Yep, born n' raised Texan & damn proud too!
Even here in Tyler, which is 250 miles from the Gulf we sustained hurricane force winds during Rita, a Cat 5 hurricane.
It is too determined partially by surface area & not just wind speed. Rita's outer bands were battering Texas' coast days before the storm actually hit.
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Even here in Tyler, which is 250 miles from the Gulf we sustained hurricane force winds during Rita, a Cat 5 hurricane.
It is too determined partially by surface area & not just wind speed. Rita's outer bands were battering Texas' coast days before the storm actually hit.
Even here in Tyler, which is 250 miles from the Gulf we sustained hurricane force winds during Rita, a Cat 5 hurricane.
It is too determined partially by surface area & not just wind speed. Rita's outer bands were battering Texas' coast days before the storm actually hit.
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