HereWeGoAgain
Diamond Member
It doesn't seem to be that big of storm.
A cat 4 is pretty damn big.
It's the same size as Ike that devastated Galveston and Houston in 08 and at the cost of 37.5 billion in damages,which ranks third in damages from hurricanes in the US.
The categories refer to wind speed, not size. And in the warmth and shallow sections of the Gulf, TSs grow quickly, quicker than in the Gulf.
I know all about hurricanes given that I've been through around a half dozen in my lifetime.
And no they dont grow in the shallows they actually get weaker.
Deep warm water is the reason Harvy grew so fast and the shallow water along the coast is why it stalled out just offshore of Corpus.