During 1957, five storms originated in the Gulf of Mexico, including major hurricane Audrey, which rapidly intensified, made landfall on June 27 and killed more than 400 people. The US hasn’t been hit by a hurricane during June in almost 40 years.
Jun 30, 1957, page 18 – The Tampa Tribune at Newspapers.com
In 1969, Hurricane Camille rapidly intensified and came ashore in Mississippi with sustained winds at least 190 MPH. According to NASA, temperatures in the Gulf Of Mexico were low that year.
Global Temperature | Vital Signs – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
all the science in the world can’t seem to explain why Tampa Bay St. Petes hasn’t been hit by a hurricane in 100 years. the forecast for Milton is a direct hit on Tampa St Pete’s. I’m not taking that bet. I think it’s safe to say that at
the last moment, hurricane Milton will veer away from Tampa St Pete, and land either to the South or the North of Tampa St Pete. it’s similar to the luck of the Bidens and the Clintons. When you think you’ve got them dead to rights, (criminally culpable).. and then you don’t.
I don’t understand the hype about Hurricane Milton. Nowhere can I find the high numbers of sustained wind speeds over 150 mph.
At the most it’s about 100 mph at sea level.
Of course that should be enough if I see how most residents live near the coastline
Yes, see my post 2 articles ago. Hurricane hunter ADS-B returns shows the wind speed at 10,000 feet to be about 110-120 mph as TEAL71 flew through the eyewall last evening when everyone was tearing their hair out about 185 mph wind speeds.:
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/TEAL71/history/20241007/2326Z
(turn off the satellite view with menu at upper right, it was from the last data point, Then know that the maneuvering speed is roughly 245-255 mph above which structural failure will occur in turbulence and see the 4 penetrations of the eyewall, shows you the net wind speed) (ADS-B data is groundspeed as determined by GPS)
Thanks.