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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Helene looks like a thrice-divorced hurricane.

I think we’re just a few years away from the planetary cyclones in Day After Tomorrow.

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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

this can't be an accurate or reasonably accurate depiction, these are two completely different storms in a different category after all.

This is like me comparing the joplin tornado to the el reno tornado.

(for those that don't know the joplin tornado was an extremely erratic EF/F 5 tornado that was incredibly strong and just sort of showed up and then lingered over a particular area causing immense destruction, whereas el reno was a massive, very powerful tornado, that was collectively rated to be about an EF/F 3 i believe, although the core itself, and numerous shenanigans it pulled including sub vorticies or whatever the correct term is were much stronger, causing strong localized damage)

[-] tb_@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

this can't be an accurate or reasonably accurate depiction, these are two completely different storms in a different category after all.

What do you mean? This shows the differences between the two.

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Are those images the same scale?

[-] Poik@pawb.social 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not quite, the Helene one is between 25% and 50% more zoomed in based on what I can see of the bump of Louisiana and the shape of Cuba. Still a striking comparison even with that accounted for.

Edit: Oh wait, I misread the uncovered coast line on Cuba. I think that's actually closer than I initially thought. They just have it panned and rotated a little.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 6 points 9 months ago

Really interesting. Is there a source for the pictures and data to share with friends?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I do not have a good source for that particular picture, but here are lots of links for you:

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/04/hurricane-helene-deadliest-us-storms-death-toll

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[-] Vytle@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Awesome, blatanly obvious misinformation.

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