#2135 Postby northjaxpro » Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:12 pm
Beef Stew wrote:kevin wrote:Comparing the Delta thread to f.e. Laura and Sally it is still surprisingly quiet. I think this one might surprise a lot of people by how strong is is/will become. I think many people checked out once the Wilma level potential wasn't realized, but this is shaping up to be one massive major hurricane right now.
It may be a combination of people checking out after Delta "disappointed" by not bombing into a historical C5 in the WCar, and that it's heading towards one of the more sparsely populated stretches of the N. Gulf coast (SW LA). Now of course that isn't any solace to those in Delta's path, and the damage- especially in areas already hammered by Laura- will be consequential. Also, this storm is still officially "only a category 2"- I think once the inevitable bump to a major happens in an hour or so, interest may pick up again.
I would not say people are disinterested. It is pretty much certain that we know where the cyclone is headed, and it is just a monitoring situation now from here on until landfall. I also just think that some people are just storm-fatigued with such an insane season of activity.
There will be more people checking in a bit later this evening into tomorrow as Delta continues to intensify in the immediate next 15-18 hours, before the system approaches landfall late tomorrow afternoon into the evening.
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northjaxpro on Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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