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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it was a Cat 5 and dropped as it approached the coast. It had winds of 185mph at one point.[/quote]

The level really only matters when it hits land. It was a 3. [/quote]

It was a category 5 as little as 6 hours before it hit.  It didn't downgrade to Cat 4 until about 4-5 hours before it hit landfall.  And that was in the early hours.  It wasn't cat 4 until about 4:00 AM and it made landfall about 8:30 AM.

So, people are supposed to wait until 4:00 AM to decide whether to evacuate or not?  Are they supposed to sit until the wee hours of the morning just a few hours before it makes landfall and then decide that it will not change and they need to evacuate?

As for when will the tech advance enough?  The tech was pretty accurate.  They predicted that it would slow down before it made landfall, but it was a prediction, not a guarantee and that was dangerous enough for people in the direct path to evacuate.  Considering that it had spent 2 days going from Cat 4 to Cat 5, the cycle was not predictable as to how long it would sustain at each of those speeds and whether it would be closer to either point when it actually made landfall.

You sound ridiculous blaming the industry for not being able to advance the science and tech at the level that you want them to.  Maybe you should get off your duff and work on trying to find a solution faster than those in the industry and come back and let us know how fast you are changing the technology.[/quote]

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