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Hurricanes ranked by energy content...
RL —
9/9/2017 12:59:02 AM
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Irma is 112 TeraJoules
Andrew was 15 TJ
Harvey was 28 TJ
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Hurricanes ranked by energy content...
- RL -
9/9/2017 12:59:02 AM
Actually they must be defining the energy in a non-obvious way...
- RL -
9/9/2017 1:50:45 AM
Here we go...
- RL -
9/9/2017 1:54:16 AM
I just emailed that to my little brother
- Robert -
9/9/2017 1:11:07 AM
I assume...
- RL -
9/9/2017 1:32:37 AM
I think I simultaneously said the same thing in words ;-)
- Robert -
9/9/2017 1:46:42 AM
180mph winds exert a pressure of ~83 pounds per square foot...
- RL -
9/9/2017 1:22:31 AM
Sure
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