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Only three Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall in the United States since records were kept. Those were the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, 1969's Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Andrew, which devastated the Miami area in 1992. Andrew remains the costliest U.S. hurricane on record, with $26.5 billion in losses. Camille came ashore in Mississippi and killed 256 people.
Yup, winds of 175mph, gusts about 200mph, and the pressure is at 902mb. That is one of the lowest.
They showed a picture of it compared to hurricane charley from last year in florida.
Hurricane winds stretch out 105miles from the center on this, only 30 on hurricane charley.
The storm surge right now is expected to be at 20-25 feet, New Orleans is below sea level, anything under 3 stories is most likely going to be under water.
The worst thing about it, they just had a news reporter that was in the area, he said he was really scared about the current situation as there is gridlock on the main highways leaving the area, all the way backed up to the coast. He also saw many people just driving around goofing off instead of taking it seriously.
im sure everyone heard about it..
going to be crazy
mayor of new orleans said "everyone take a look at all the monuments and everything, cause it wont be the same in 24hours"
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