You are incorrect about nearly everything you said.

I never claimed it went from a cat 4 to a cat 5, so that's a straw man argument. You are a failure, sir, and your ancestors and future descendants all bear your shame. Just kidding, but that's what you get for projecting your fake words into my mouth, acting all like controlled opposition forum slider here.

I live in the area that was affected (hendersonville nc), and I've done research on this. We have weather stations that recorded the wind speeds, and they were higher wind speeds than in Augusta Ga, Greenville Sc and Columbia SC which were all hit by this as it traveled inland and then up I-26

The windspeeds recorded in NC make it a category 1, not a tropical storm

So here's teh timeline. At sea it was a cat 3 or cat 4, can't remember which, it hit land an immediately lost energy and became a tropical storm, then it traveled 500 mi and picked up speed and was a cat 1 again over Asheville.

These categories have strict requirements, you can look it up. I did research by going town by town and finding out news stories of the top constant wind speeds and top gust speeds.

Also, the fact that nearly 1% of trees were knocked over from Clinton, SC and further north, and then total devastation in NC with oaks knocked over, poplars, pines snapped in half, and ornamental leyland cypresses nearly all bowled over means that a sustained windspeed of 70-90mph in some areas with gusts of 120 mph means its a cat 1

I had 13 trees knocked over, blocking me from ingress/egress from my home. I 'm thankful that it only took out my internet and didn't do any big damage to my home. VERY thankful. So much I had kind of a mini cry out, esp knowing that 10 mi from me the town is ... GONE (near lake lure / chimney rock)

Some of the trees that were knocked over were 20" in diameter. That's an old very big tree. Only a 90mph / 120 gust could do that.

You are incorrect about nearly everything you said.

I never claimed it went from a cat 4 to a cat 5, so that's a straw man argument. You are a failure, sir, and your ancestors and future descendants all bear your shame. Just kidding, but that's what you get for projecting your fake words into my mouth, acting all like controlled opposition forum slider here.

I live in the area that was affected (hendersonville nc), and I've done research on this. We have weather stations that recorded the wind speeds, and they were higher wind speeds than in Augusta Ga, Greenville Sc and Columbia SC which were all hit by this as it traveled inland and then up I-26

The windspeeds recorded in NC make it a category 1, not a tropical storm

So here's teh timeline. At sea it was a cat 3 or cat 4, can't remember which, it hit land an immediately lost energy and became a tropical storm, then it traveled 500 mi and picked up speed and was a cat 1 again over Asheville.

These categories have strict requirements, you can look it up. I did research by going town by town and finding out news stories of the top constant wind speeds and top gust speeds.

Also, the fact that nearly 1% of trees were knocked over from Clinton, SC and further north, and then total devastation in NC with oaks knocked over, poplars, pines snapped in half, and ornamental leyland cypresses nearly all bowled over means that a sustained windspeed of 70-90mph in some areas with gusts of 120 mph means its a cat 1

I had 13 trees knocked over, blocking me from ingress/egress from my home. I 'm thankful that it only took out my internet and didn't do any big damage to my home. VERY thankful. So much I had kind of a mini cry out, esp knowing that 10 mi from me the town is ... GONE (near lake lure / chimney rock)

Some of the trees that were knocked over were 20" in diameter. That's an old very big tree

You are incorrect about nearly everything you said.

I never claimed it went from a cat 4 to a cat 5, so that's a straw man argument. You are a failure, sir, and your ancestors and future descendants all bear your shame. Just kidding, but that's what you get for projecting your fake words into my mouth, acting all like controlled opposition forum slider here.

I live in the area that was affected (hendersonville nc), and I've done research on this. We have weather stations that recorded the wind speeds, and they were higher wind speeds than in Augusta Ga, Greenville Sc and Columbia SC which were all hit by this as it traveled inland and then up I-26

The windspeeds recorded in NC make it a category 1, not a tropical storm

So here's teh timeline. At sea it was a cat 3 or cat 4, can't remember which, it hit land an immediately lost energy and became a tropical storm, then it traveled 500 mi and picked up speed and was a cat 1 again over Asheville.

These categories have strict requirements, you can look it up. I did research by going town by town and finding out news stories of the top constant wind speeds and top gust speeds.

Also, the fact that nearly 1% of trees were knocked over from Clinton, SC and further north, and then total devastation in NC with oaks knocked over, poplars, pines snapped in half, and ornamental leyland cypresses nearly all bowled over means that a sustained windspeed of 70-90mph in some areas with gusts of 120 mph means its a cat 1