homoludens@feddit.orgtoNews@lemmy.world•Tampa Bay hasn’t been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921. Milton may be the one
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15 days agothe storm surge could be up to 15 feet
the storm surge could be up to 15 feet
It’s probably because of the last sentence. Which technically is a fact (because they obviously think that), but 5m is something at least cities in northern Germany are usually prepared for.
I’m not sure how exactly the tides are measured and if it differs internationally, but we have floods at around 5m every few years without any significant damage (German source). Hamburg had a flood with 6.45m in 1976 without damage to the city (only the port and other parts outside the levees were obviously damaged; German source).
Didn’t they stop trying at some point because they didn’t want him to be replaced by someone competent?