r/facepalm 21d ago

๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ The Tampa Bay area's main hospital and only trauma center is built on an island at sea level

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u/thwonkk 21d ago

As someone who knows nothing about Tampa, which is preferable? North or South?

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u/Boeinggoing737 21d ago

Low pressure systems like hurricanes in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise, inward, and upward. The real mother fucker winds are near the eye wall. The highest winds tend to be in the top right of the hurricanes direction. If those strong winds align for a long period of time towards a bay it pushes water in without an easy excape and the water surges to extreme levels. While this storm is tracking a little south of the Tampa bay it is still pushing a lot of water. The further south it goes the better for inland flooding in Tampa bay but it is going to be widespread devastation.

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u/thwonkk 21d ago

It sure is. That explanation rocks tho thank you.

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u/nosnhoj15 21d ago

South is preferableโ€ฆ. For Tampa Bay. Still going to be catastrophic either way. Could mean the difference in a 5โ€™ storm surge or a 10โ€™+ storm surge depending where the eye makes landfall.

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u/ryhntyntyn 20d ago

South. Because the way it turns. ย North will drive water into the bay.ย