HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Harvey has strengthened to a Category 3 storm.
The center says Harvey has maximum wind speeds of 120 mph (193.11 kph) as the powerful storm churns off the Texas coast. Forecasters are labeling it a “life-threatening storm.”
The storm quickly grew Thursday from a tropical depression into a Category 1 hurricane, and then developed into a Category 2 storm early Friday. By Friday afternoon, it had become a Category 3 storm. It’s forecast to make landfall in Texas late Friday or early Saturday.
The slow-moving storm is fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico waters. Forecasters are labeling it a “life-threatening storm” with landfall predicted late Friday or early Saturday between Port O’Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi.
Cat 3 now.
Too bad there’s no FEMA director to handle this.
SAD!
The tone of this article seems to suggest that many aren’t taking this very seriously. That’s scary.
No need for concern. This is all just fake news, perpetrated by a bunch of know-nothing climate scientists. There have been hurricanes before, just as there have been periods of global warming and cooling before. Nothing we can do about it, and no reason to be alarmed.
“Heck of a job, Donnie!”
Shocking, I know, but there actually is a FEMA director - Brock Long - who by some reports may actually be competent at his job. Can’t be worse than heckuva job Brownie…
I hope.
Edit: No one at the wheel for NOAA or NASA. Also important for this kind of stuff.
Even if Brock Long is very competent at his job, it won’t do him much good if his agency is stripped of funds. Because the regime is looking to have individual States pony up more funds to save their areas after a disaster.