Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921. Milton may be the one

Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world – 191 points – Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921. Milton may be the one
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Edit: Just found this graphic. Tampa could very well be fucked on a Katrina level without any levees breaking.

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It's probably because of the last sentence. Which technically is a fact (because they obviously think that), but 5m is something at least cities in northern Germany are usually prepared for.

5 ft ABOVE the average tsunami is something most cities are prepared for?

Nobody said 5 m above anything, the original comment was 5 ft above the average tsunami. So 15 ft total which isn't quite 5 m but it's close ish.

the storm surge could be up to 15 feet

Sorry about the error of switching from ft to m.

But still 5 ft above an average tsunami is a large increase. I'd be surprise if most coastal cities could handle that