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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

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Shaggy said:
One big tell.is the lack of major structural debris as they drive around. If perry just took the eyewall of 140mph cane then they must have some stellar building codes. Not much tree debirs or building debris scattered around
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Yeah I was watching some livestreams when it made landfall and all I could think was “y’all sure this is a cat4?” Obviously there are major issues with this storm but it just didn’t at all look like the typical stream from a land falling major hurricane
 
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Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Yeah I was watching some livestreams when it made landfall and all I could think was “y’all sure this is a cat4?” Obviously there are major issues with this storm but it just didn’t at all look like the typical stream from a land falling major hurricane
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Yeah the highest sustained wind in Perry was 55mph with a gust near 100 according to TWC. Seemed strange to me.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Yeah I was watching some livestreams when it made landfall and all I could think was “y’all sure this is a cat4?” Obviously there are major issues with this storm but it just didn’t at all look like the typical stream from a land falling major hurricane
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To be fair I do wonder if some of that is because it hit the middle of nowhere and also Perry is a good 10 miles inland. It's not even on the beach
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
Yeah I was watching some livestreams when it made landfall and all I could think was “y’all sure this is a cat4?” Obviously there are major issues with this storm but it just didn’t at all look like the typical stream from a land falling major hurricane
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The fact they had a storm hit less than a year ago means that it would be like a storm hitting Mexico beach today, structures that were weak were impacted previously and have been rebuilt to high standards
 
Brent said:
To be fair I do wonder if some of that is because it hit the middle of nowhere and also Perry is a good 10 miles inland. It's not even on the beach
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A cat 4 isn't gonna weaken that much in 10 miles. There's a better chance that even though we saw crazy flight level winds and low pressures the wind field just wasn't or didn't have time to.get to the surface.

Isabel in 2003 was a good case study on that. I had a pressure of 954mb saw a hurricane hunter fly through the eye as i sat in the calm southwest side of the eye and we only gusted to 51mph with a 954mb pressure
 
Even though this area is far from the center (over 200 miles), sustained winds/gusts (to 40+) have increased substantially the last 30 minutes. Im hearing loud roars already from the wind. I just heard a nearby transformer blow. I expect power will likely be lost at some point here, perhaps very soon. GA Power outages are now starting to rise rapidly. This is going to be a very long rest of the night. It has already been a long night with the tornado warnings/heavy showers/gusty winds earlier. Stay safe folks!

Just heard another transformer blow. Debris hitting the roof.
 
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GaWx said:
Even though this area is far from the center (over 200 miles), sustained winds/gusts (to 40+) have increased substantially the last 30 minutes. Im hearing loud roars already. I just heard a nearby transformer blow. I expect power will likely be lost at some point here, perhaps very soon. GA outages are now starting to rise rapidly. Stay safe folks!
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Some very strong gusts (60+, some hurricane force) in that far outer band.
 
GaWx said:
Even though this area is far from the center (over 200 miles), sustained winds/gusts (to 40+) have increased substantially the last 30 minutes. Im hearing loud roars already from the wind. I just heard a nearby transformer blow. I expect power will likely be lost at some point here, perhaps very soon. GA Power outages are now starting to rise rapidly. This is going to be a very long rest of the night. Stay safe folks!
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Amazing. And I think i'm closer to the center than you are and the winds are very light.
 
Metwannabe said:
This thing is moving so fast, that northern eyewall already about to slam Valdosta. It would have to hook quickly NW for Atl to get the doomsday scenario that was being progged, fortunately that does not look to be the case.
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I agree worst case for winds definitely off the table for ATL. Rain is piling up tho. Won’t take a ton to bring down trees.
 
GaWx said:
Even though this area is far from the center (over 200 miles), sustained winds/gusts (to 40+) have increased substantially the last 30 minutes. Im hearing loud roars already from the wind. I just heard a nearby transformer blow. I expect power will likely be lost at some point here, perhaps very soon. GA Power outages are now starting to rise rapidly. This is going to be a very long rest of the night. It has already been a long night with the tornado warnings/heavy showers/gusty winds earlier.In Stay safe folks!

Just heard another transformer blow. Debris hitting the roof.
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Maybe due to it already starting the transition to ET as a result of interaction with the ULL, helping that wind field really expand
 
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