shoutout to the men and women that work at the national hurricane center before this was even named, they had a beat on this storm. they knew the intensity in the different stages and had that cone of uncertainty across areas of louisiana. it didn't deviate much. they save aid will the of lives and gave good lead time for power crews and evacuations to take place. now, why do we always hype the difference between a category two or three? it's not what you think when it comes to damage. you know, you have a category one, winds at 75 miles per hour. damage. it's just a little greater category 2. no. you can't think of it linear. it's logrythmic. winds at 150 miles per hour. it's not just category 4. it's 256 times the amount of damage that category 1 would provide. again, it's staggering when you think of that. let's look at all of the flash flood warnings that are in