09-06-2017NEWS

This visualization shows just how bad Hurricane Irma’s winds could be

The Category 5 hurricane is the strongest on record in the Atlantic Ocean, reports Mother Jones. It’s currently over the Caribbean and is expected to make landfall in Florida by the weekend. How much damage do Category 5 winds do compared to Category 1 winds? There’s a visualization for that (and it’s not pretty) pic.twitter.com/GaO3jbp2QE […]

BY Michael Grothaus

The Category 5 hurricane is the strongest on record in the Atlantic Ocean, reports Mother Jones. It’s currently over the Caribbean and is expected to make landfall in Florida by the weekend.

How much damage do Category 5 winds do compared to Category 1 winds? There’s a visualization for that (and it’s not pretty) pic.twitter.com/GaO3jbp2QE

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Michael Grothaus is a novelist and author. He has written for Fast Company since 2013, where he's interviewed some of the tech industry’s most prominent leaders and writes about everything from Apple and artificial intelligence to the effects of technology on individuals and society. More

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