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To: combjelly who wrote (455094)	2/8/2009 7:28:19 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573915

Some interesting data is the following (these are the records but it's happening all the time now with other storms). Storms are 'bombing' much more than they used to... and it's something that really effects large population centers because there is not time to evacuate. I haven't read ANY explanation about why this is happening... Fastest intensification Fastest Intensification from a Tropical Storm to a Category 5 Hurricane: 16 hours - 70mph to 155mph - Hurricane Wilma 2005 Maximum pressure drop in 12 hours: 90+mb - Wilma 2005 Maximum pressure drop in 24 hours: 98mb - Wilma 2005 - 1200 UTC October 18 to October 19 Fastest Intensification from a Tropical Depression to a Hurricane: 12 hours - Lorenzo 2007 Fastest Intensification from a Depression to a Category Five Hurricane: 51 Hours - Felix 2007 en.wikipedia.org