It's cat 5 now - see CNN.

Now this hurricane is sick, I can't belive how larage it got

Winds: 175mph
Gust: 213mph
Moving at 12mph.

This storm is 200miles wide in diameter, thats disgusting. If it hit land as a cat 5, it will be the 4th category 5 in history to hit.

i was in florida last year towars the end of september was on my honeymoon and the when we landed in daytona the widns were juststarting to pick up llol

Doesn't this thread seem kind of sick now? What began as a joke with people wishing they could experience a hurricane now has over 10,000 people dead and more still dying.

Not at all, if not for people that chase and study hurricanes we would not know much about them and many more would be dead or in the process of dying. Personaly I've wanted to ride one out myself for some time, and if I had the money I would have been one of the few headed towards this storm rather than away from it in the days leading up to land fall.

I've been through three in my lifetime and about a dozen tornados. They're like gutting shot in the gut: You might wonder what its like until you experience it, when it does happen you're just hoping to live through it and after its over, you don't ever want to do it again.

Curiousity is a dangerous thing. Its killed more than just cats.

When I started this thread it was only a cat 1 and was just leaving Miami, Fl. It was fun for me, hurricane party and all, but it turned into a huge mess. Ironic..

S**t happens...

Satan

Way to trivialize the death of over 10,000 people, the destruction of millions of homes and $100 billion in damages.

It's not trivialising - You moan about over 10,000 people dieing in a country like the US, where generally the average household can manage to feed and clothe their children and themselves, have job prospects and take vacations...

I'd rather focus on the 3rd world countries where things like what happened over there happen to them, and they cannot afford to feed themselves or look after themselves properly before it happens...

Trivialising? No - I'm sorry for the lives that are lost but the hype over Hurricane Katrina is sickening me when every day for the last god knows how many years people in Africa have been dieing every day...

Satan