XKCD does a "Worst Hurricanes" Map

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XKCD does a "Worst Hurricanes" Map

#1 Postby terstorm1012 » Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:17 am

XKCD's my favorite webcomic--I read it every week.

Anyway Randall's done a chart for "What's the Worst hurricane Anyone In Your Town Remembers". He used HURDAT and NCEP rainfall totals, so that's why some of the data may appear a bit odd to us.

I like it though. What do you all think?

http://xkcd.com/1407/
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#2 Postby SouthDadeFish » Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:24 am

I thought this was very cool! I love the use of rainfall, as many people just associate hurricane damage with wind and/or storm surge. Inland flooding can also be very deadly. For example, Camille killed over 100 people in Virginia, obviously an area quite a distance from its landfall location.
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#3 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:48 pm

It needs to go further inland. For example, include "Ike" well beyond the range...
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