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Ophelia
Will Severely Test “Luck of the Irish”
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October, 2017
Ophelia
Will Severely Test “Luck of the Irish”: 1 of 2 //
Published on Oct 15, 2017
People
usually focus on hurricane categories to get an idea as to how severe
a storm will be. This is dangerous thinking, including the case
of Ophelia directly hitting Ireland.
Sure,
it is possible (even likely) that Ophelia’s rotation speed may drop
below Cat 1 (75 mph = 121 km/hr) at landfall, but Ireland
is in the right-front-quadrant where speeds relative to the ground
are much higher, since the rotation speed and forward
speeds add up, and damage is proportional to wind speed to the power
2.7; not good.
Also,
storm surge will funnel between Ireland and Great Britain and be
greatly amplified.
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Ophelia
Will Severely Test the “Luck of the Irish”: 2 of 2 //Published
on Oct 15, 2017
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