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Why a category 5 hurricane would be devastating for North Carolina

apdst said:
Hurricanes don't commit until they 15-20 hours from landfall.
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You say that as if you believe the hurricane makes a decision.
 
apdst said:
Hurricanes don't commit until they 15-20 hours from landfall.
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They can change in the last hours. Hurricane Charley in 2004 was forecast to go right into Tampa Bay (where I lived at the time) Instead it took a hard right turn into arcadia, 100 miles south (where I now live) Here is video of the damage (remember, just wind damage) This was a fast moving cat 4

https://youtu.be/BXmy4qpKvqU
 
Slingshot Bob said:
They can change in the last hours. Hurricane Charley in 2004 was forecast to go right into Tampa Bay (where I lived at the time) Instead it took a hard right turn into arcadia, 100 miles south (where I now live) Here is video of the damage (remember, just wind damage) This was a fast moving cat 4

https://youtu.be/BXmy4qpKvqU
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The only thing predictable about a hurrican, is that they're unpredictable.
 
apdst said:
The only thing predictable about a hurrican, is that they're unpredictable.
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Or that they are very predictable:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna910046

Florence's rains: Coal ash landfill collapses in Carolinas
The coal-fired Sutton plant was retired in 2013 and the company has been excavating millions of tons of ash from old waste pits and removing it to safer, lined landfills.
 
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