Berwick Bay wrote:So I return to the basic point. Dennis will not be well remembered. You see technically it will retain its major hurricane classification (thats what the numbers say). But as a storm of impact and substance upon coastal America, it is very forgettable. In that regard it was a VERY overrated storm.
I guess I am confused as to what is meant by overrated. It certainly wasnt hyped in the press...heck 2 days later and the news had moved on. Ultimately almost all storms will be mostly forgotten (with obvious exceptions like labor day 35, Donna, Katrina, etc).However for the people who were affected terms like overrated, underrated, major, minor etc are irrelevant. People in Santa Rosa county will remember Dennis and Ivan just as people in the Keys may remember Donna, people in NC with fran, and the northern gulf with Katrina and Rita. They wont forget. You give the perception that it is almost a contest....for anyone who has been hit hard they learn it isnt...have you been in one first hand?
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