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Comments on: Obersturmfury Dean – Sunday https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/19/obersturmfury-dean-sunday/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:15:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/19/obersturmfury-dean-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-28742 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:15:24 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/19/obersturmfury-dean-sunday/#comment-28742 Dean had two eyewalls when it approached Jamaica: one 15 miles from the center and the other 37 miles from the center. This is part of the replacement cycle, the inner one will eventually collapse on itself and disappear. Both had Cat 4 winds. If it had passed directly over the island they would have been hit four times with those winds, with a short break in between. That would hammer the hell out of just about anything, and that is why this sucker was extra scary approaching Jamaica.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/19/obersturmfury-dean-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-28739 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:16:15 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/08/19/obersturmfury-dean-sunday/#comment-28739 I suspect somehow that the thought “it could have been worse” will not be a lot of comfort to those in or near Dean’s path. I’ve been in several hurricanes and numerous tropical storms in my life, but only once in the direct path (yes, I disobeyed all instructions and went outdoors when the eye passed over; how could I resist), and even though it was not a major hurricane by the time it reached Houston, Alicia scared the fool out of me. Our worst consequence: after the storm, we discovered a large broken tree branch dangling less than a foot from the roof. Indeed, it could have been worse.

IIRC, approximately three-fourths of Houston is vulnerable to storm surge if the approach of the storm is along an unlucky path. The good news is that Stella and I live in the remaining quarter of the city. That doesn’t give me a lot of confidence, though.

Here? oh… on Sunday afternoon, we’re not having any weather worth mentioning. Skies are partly sunny; there’s no wind or rain.

My thoughts and prayers are with those people still in Dean’s path.

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