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To: koan who wrote (16932)

11/13/2013 12:28:34 PM

From: John Vosilla

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Notice right wingers calling Haiyan 'only' a 147 mph typhoon? Everything about politics these days depending what side you are on as is a technicality of sustained winds over 10 minutes at landfall which I never see for hurricanes.

Fact is it broke the all time record at 195 mph sustained winds over 1 minute. As a reference we only had three comparable to this hit landfall the entire 20th century in the US. Two were in the modern era Andrew at 175 mph and Camille at 190 mph.

Or still another way the lowest barometric pressure recorded estimated at 895 lower than Camille, Andrew and Katrina and in at number 2 all time by a hair..

Most intense landfalling U.S. hurricanes
Intensity is measured solely by central pressureRankHurricaneSeasonLandfall pressure1234567810Source: HURDAT, [2] Hurricane
Research Division [3]

"Labor Day"	1935	892 mbar ( hPa)
Camille	1969	909 mbar (hPa)
Katrina	2005	920 mbar (hPa)
Andrew	1992	922 mbar (hPa)
"Indianola"	1886	925 mbar (hPa)
"Florida Keys"	1919	927 mbar (hPa)
"Okeechobee"	1928	929 mbar (hPa)
"Great Miami"	1926	930 mbar (hPa)
Donna	1960	930 mbar (hPa)
Carla	1961	931 mbar (hPa)