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#1 Postby chadtm80 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:32 am

This has been posted before, But I can not find it.. But great animation of storm winds/damage

http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interacti ... CTION=HOME
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#2 Postby GulfBreezer » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:39 am

Excellent info!! Thanks Chad!
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#3 Postby Jagno » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:13 am

This is such a timely repost for those who want to "hunker down" instead of evacuating. If this gets even one person to reconsider and evacuate then it's priceless. Thanks!
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#4 Postby HurricaneGirl » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:19 am

:eek: Good Post!
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#5 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:39 am

Every other time this was posted I said the same thing, and I will say it again. The Cat. 1 damage depicted in this animation is far from correct. Here is what a "real" cat. 1 force wind will do:

http://suif.stanford.edu/~nickolai/phot ... 140242.jpg

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4 ... i1_220.jpg

http://www.fiu.edu/~stoddard/personal/W ... ages/0.jpg

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/ph ... 824080.jpg

Otherwise the graphic is pretty good "idea" of what to expect.
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#6 Postby chadtm80 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:24 pm

Extremeweatherguy wrote:Every other time this was posted I said the same thing, and I will say it again. The Cat. 1 damage depicted in this animation is far from correct. Here is what a "real" cat. 1 force wind will do:

http://suif.stanford.edu/~nickolai/phot ... 140242.jpg

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4 ... i1_220.jpg

http://www.fiu.edu/~stoddard/personal/W ... ages/0.jpg

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/ph ... 824080.jpg

Otherwise the graphic is pretty good "idea" of what to expect.

Ya Extreme.. It obviously isnt an exact science. A cat one gust can do plenty that is for sure. I just think it is a nice visual.
Thanks for posting those pics though. Helps people realize that it can be very very stupid to stay during any hurricane.. No matter what the strength
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