A hurricane so large it has shown up on monitors that measure earthquakes. A hurricane the size of Texas. A hurricane with winds of 185 mph, only bettered by Hurricane Allen's 190 mph winds in the 1980s.
If my memory serves me correctly, last year when a hurricane hit Florida, most residents didn't flee, and didn't get ruffled. They've gone through them before, and it was just another.
This time, though, they are fleeing. Hurricane Irma could prompt one of the largest mass evacuations in U.S. history.
Only three hurricanes in history have hit U.S. coasts as category 5 storms. And, although Irma has dropped to 150 mph winds, making it a category 4, it will still pack more wallop than most hurricanes.
(Rewritten 9/8/17)
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