and will muhit and rita hit. the drought is over with a vengeance. the harvey hurricane it wasn t the winds, of course, that were so destructive there. it hit with wind speeds considerably lower. but it hugged around and dumped a ton of water. here we re looking at the islands that s just been through this. and the earlier reports we re getting is when 185 mile per hour winds hit anywhere, that s going to do an unbelievable amount of damage, right? absolutely. chris, this is roughly equivalent to an ef4, even ef5 tornado. the winds around the eye, that doughnut that s right adjacent to the calm eye, that s what causes the damage. unless you re living in a strong home or some sort of building that s reinforced, traditional
the previous record was allan, which hit back in 1980, 18 hours above 180 miles per hour. you can t just take a snapshot. you have to integrate over time. and if you look at the size and the intensity and the persistence i mean folks in florida and even carolina and the coastal georgia need to look at this. 2005 that s the year katrina hit and will muhit and rita hit. the drought is over with a vengeance. the harvey hurricane it wasn t the winds, of course, that were so destructive there. it hit with wind speeds considerably lower. but it hugged around and dumped a ton of water. here we re looking at the islands that s just been through this. and the earlier reports we re getting is when 185 mile per hour winds hit anywhere, that s going to do an unbelievable