I’ve just realized that Dorian is a he. For some reason, I thought that was a girl’s name.
Anyway, that bastid has strengthened to Category 3, and he is currently sitting off the coast of South Carolina near its border with Georgia.
Honestly, I don’t know if we’re worse off overall with a Hurricane that comes ashore and wrecks one place, or a Hurricane that walks up the shore, strafes a lot of places, and maintains its strength longer because it can still draw fresh power from the water of the ocean.
Dorian is down to mid-Category 2, but I don’t think he’s officially made US landfall yet. It looks like he is projected to cross one of the Capes (Hatteras?) in North Carolina, then head further out to sea.
Not exactly Alabama, but … I doubt Nova Scotians started this year thinking they would be part of Hurricane Season. Dorian is expected to still be a Hurricane when he strikes that Province.
I hadn’t been following this all day, but I just checked the most recent map, and Dorian has strengthened to a Category 2 “Post Tropical Cyclone,” and has struck Nova Scotia near Halifax. I wonder what the record is for highest latitude while sustaining Hurricane-force winds.
Well, the NHC has issued their last advisory on Dorian, who has finally headed out to open ocean. They issued a total of 64 … that’s got to be close to the record.
Narda struck southwestern Mexico as a Tropical Storm.
These storms tend to cause a lot more damage in Mexico, because neither their physical infrastructure nor their government response play in the same league as the USA. I mean, FEMA is far from perfect, but …
