I checked a few sites for wind speed history and see it briefly reached 130mph winds as a category 4 just before landfall.
You made a significant comment on my supermoon blog that I will copy here:
Exactly, the moon affects tides and the the storm surge was probably 10 feet above an already high tide. Idalia hit land around a state park/natural preserve that was at sea level, easily pulling water and flooding all the way into Georgia.
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Not for public consumption. Many immigrants on the farmlands down there had no identification. The person who told me this couldn't say what happened to their corpses.
I had friends living in Homestead who were caught by surprise. Seeking refuge in the bathtub for safety really happened.
One guy evacuated and on his return couldn't find his house. All the landmarks and street signs were gone. He said the trees along Chrome avenue had no bark on the side that faced the storm as though they were hit with a giant sand blasting machine.
The projected trajectory was accurate. Time of landfall was wrong by one TV weather station, Powerful storm but not a category 4 as predicted. It's now down to a category 1 with 75 mph winds which is a good thing.
Satellite views showed a HUGE outreach of rainfall that accounts for the massive flooding.
The bad part of this is many areas affected by lack of seasonal rainfall cannot use the flood waters as they have to get pumped out as quickly as possible and not diverted to reservoirs, canals or lakes for use when needed.
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It's nighttime and hurricanes don't normally intensify. Idalia is currently a category 2 storm. The predictions are it will intensify to a category 4 storm and hit the coast Wednesday night. That's around 18 hours from now. 12 of those hours are during daylight and plenty of time to get stronger.
This map comes from TV12 in West Palm Beach. I don't know if it updates, but the South side of the storm will probably get the most wind and rain.
The 4pm advisory has the storm at 70mph winds, slightly lower than the forecast yesterday.
TV news are already talking about massive evacuations. Governor Ron DeSantis is saying 'higher ground' and not necessarily driving hundreds of miles to avoid the storm.
Satellite imagery shows the storm isn't well formed. There is no visible eyewall at this time. That is expected to change tomorrow. Link here that updates. It's daylight now and later tonight you won't see much on the image.
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