'Historic' Category 5 Hurricane Beryl Offers Terrifying View of Future (www.commondreams.org)

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"Beryl isn't 'unbelievable,'" one expert said. "it's what happens when you heat up the planet with fossil fuel pollution for decades."

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[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What do ya'll think, Cat 6 in the Gulf of Mexico later this year, next year, or 2 years out?

For context, yes Cat 6 is not yet a real thing but it has been proposed as basically 192+ mph winds.

https://www.pbsnc.org/blogs/science/do-we-need-a-category-6-for-hurricanes/

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I want to say next year, but everything predicted is happening faster than expected. A Cat 5 this early in the season does not bode well.

[-] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago

A cat 5 right now could mean a cat 6 when we hit peak season. Hopefully we don't see it but we could lose some southern towns.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Definitely not this year, because the definitions people will still be working through the stages of grief.

192+ mph is a good possibility, though.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m pretty sure Hurricane Patricia was cat 6 when it was in the pacific of the west coast of Mexico back in like 2015

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