Hurricane Ian- September 2022

  • Leader
    September 26, 2022 10:56 AM CDT

    Hurricane Ian:

    The overall tropics and 2022 hurricane season has been quiet up until this week. The Atlantic has produced a powerful hurricane, which has been named Ian. Ian has made it's way across the Atlantic ocean, driven west into the Caribbean and now taking a sharp turn north towards Florida. = Current Storm Path:

  • Leader
    September 29, 2022 6:23 PM CDT

    Hurricane Ian carved a very destructive path through Fort Myers and all through out the middle of Florida. Ian is still active and now affecting Georgia, South Carolina and potentially, North Carolina. There are over 2.5 million Floridian's without power at this time. As with all devastating hurricanes there are missing souls, significant damage, severe flooding for days, misplaced people and the shock of what will come ahead in weeks to months to years to rebuild.  We are praying for our Floridian friends.

    Ian struck Florida with 150 mph (241 kph) winds that tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S.

    While scientists generally avoid blaming climate change for specific storms without detailed analysis, Ian’s watery destruction fits what scientists have predicted for a warmer world: stronger and wetter hurricanes, though not necessarily more of them.

    “This business about very, very heavy rain is something we’ve expected to see because of climate change,” said MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel. “We’ll see more storms like Ian.

    Floods trap many in Florida as Ian heads to South Carolina.