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Hurricane Katrina vs. Hurricane Helene (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Helene looks like a thrice-divorced hurricane.

I think we’re just a few years away from the planetary cyclones in Day After Tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I want someone to project that map onto a globe to illustrate how ridiculous it was. The elegantly circular arcs of the north sides of those storms would look bizarrely teardrop-pinched, if I'm not mistaken.