Hurricane Laura writeup

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Hey all you cool gobblers and hokies I'm eshiben5 back with another riveting doomsday post that just seems to fit the theme of 2020 so well. A big ole hurricane is riding right up the coast and could deliver quite the blow to the Texas/Louisiana coast in about 2 days. So initial outlook had it landing at a respectable category 3 hurricane, which equates to sustained winds over 110 mph and some pretty strong storm surge (apparently parts of the Texas shore are already feeling it). I expect this thing to hit the coast around the Port Arthur area Thursday evening and then book it east due to a larger extratropical system that will be arriving shortly afterwards. That will race the storm eastward by the weekend giving us east coasters a wet Saturday.

Now most forecasters have been on the "category 3 or less" bandwagon for a bit, however I hate to say I think this thing easily hits a category 4 or 5 and some of the more recent model runs have been validating a lot of my concerns. The tracks for this thing have been coming slightly further west on landfall which may not seem like a huge deal, but that means this thing can pick up steam in the gulf of Mexico for a bit longer and really come in like a friggin freight train.

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This extra strength should let it hit significantly higher thresholds in wind speed, however luckily unlike some of our more recent east coast hurricanes it should be in and out in a hurry and not dump say seven feet of rain on Houston again. However if this is your first hurricane discussion, I would like to go ahead and inform you do not catch yourself on the northeast of a hurricane (or really any tropical cyclone in the northern hemisphere). Winds are much stronger here, meaning more storm surge and those little outflow thunderstorms can result in some tornadoes which really aren't a good time. So lets take a look at what cities might be just east of our projected land.....oh fuck its New Orleans, I swear that city just cannot catch a damn break. I fully expect New Orleans to get hit pretttttty hard during this storm, and I can only hope they're ready

Well stay safe hokies and if you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. Those of you in the danger zone do not screw around with this jank. If they tell you to evacuate please do