photo: Sat., Oct. 24 2015 Hurricane Patricia remnant on Texas
Sun., 10-25-2015 NASA today reports:
... The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of clouds associated with Tropical Depression Patricia over Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma Arkansas and Mississippi on Oct. 24 at 1935 UTC (3:35 p.m. EDT).
On Sunday October 25, 2015 eastern Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi were also warned of flooding as extreme rainfall moved eastward along the Gulf Coast.
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(REUTERS; Oct 25, 2015 9:06pm EDT) "In Hurricane Patricia's wake, torrential rains move into Louisiana", by AMANDA ORR -- includes video of freight train washed off tracks and more;
"More than 20,000 were without power in the greater New Orleans area.
Rainfall has totaled as much as 7 inches (18 cm) since late Saturday night, and forecasters predicted another 5 inches (13 cm) could fall. The NWS said waterspouts over lakes and tornados over land were both possible into the early morning hours.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Tweet on Oct 23:
Energy rises as Velocity squared. So Patricia's 200mph winds are nearly 50% more destructive than 1992 Andrew's 165mph winds.
The Climate News Network tells "Hurricanes’ economic havoc as world warms", October 22, 2015, by Tim Radford reporting that
LONDON, 22 October, 2015 – Climate change could already be costing the US billions of dollars each year in hurricane damage alone.
Economists from Mexico and Europe believe that somewhere between $2bn and $14bn of the financial costs of hurricane damage in 2005 could be attributed to the impact of global warming.
This is a bold statement. ....
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