This Guy Knows How to Explain Hurricanes
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As of this writing, Hurricane Irma is likely about 24 hours away from hitting the mainland U.S. as at least a Category 4 storm, apparently riding up the west coast of Florida. It’s already absolutely devastated smaller Caribbean islands and broken all kinds of records:
And, of course, Irma’s not alone out there. It’s being closely followed by storm Jose, which is currently a Cat 4 itself, though it’s hoped that cyclone will track out into the Atlantic Ocean. A third formerly eastward-bound storm, Katia, appears to be fizzling out now over Mexico.
Fortunately, there are people like Alan Sealls at WKRG in Mobile, Alabama who excel at making extreme weather like this make sense. After watching his broadcast from last Wednesday, you might feel less out of control if you at least understand how such storms work and how seriously, or not, to take predictions of storm paths. It’ll help you know how to interpret coverage of this rolling nightmare and other storms. Being informed at least feels a little better.