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Originally Posted by nota View Post
it maybe a 4 by landfall

the eyewall is the killer bit
and it is a small ring in the very center of the highest winds
plus tornadoes you can't see or hear coming
I have closely avoided eyewalls maybe 5 or ten miles
everyone I know who has been thru one
will never ever do it again

if your near the eyewall landfall RUN NOW
Been in the eye back in 1983 in Alicia. That one formed off the coast of Houston and came ashore in about 36 hours. Total surprise.

Ike's eye did go over our house, but I was in Romania...Mrs. Beard not happy.

Run from the water, hide from the wind.
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