Official Florida is Fucked Hurricane thread

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Originally Posted by Linkster

cd34 - remember also that wind intensity is exponential for an increase - not linear - so if you go from say 100 mph to 150 mph the damage caused is really the difference in speed squared (so in this case 1.5^2 or 2.25 times the intensity) approximately - the real numbers are a little different but its close enough

Also remember you have to keep the traveling speed in mind. If it's a 130mph storm and traveling at 30mph, the bad side will actually have winds at 160mph.