Nobody ever heard of a Category 5 until Trump showed up.
by digby
Sure, this is the sort of thing a normal person says:
Back here on planet earth where presidents have access to the best information in the world and also remember what they’ve said in the past, the real story:
A total of 35 recorded tropical cyclones have reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale in the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricanes of such intensity occur once every three years in this region on average.
Only in six seasons—1932, 1933, 1961, 2005, 2007, and 2017—has more than one Category 5 hurricane formed. Only in 2005 have more than two Category 5 hurricanes formed, and only in 2007 and 2017 did more than one make landfall at Category 5 strength.[1] Starting 2016 through this season, four consecutive years featured Category 5 hurricanes, By year they are, Hurricane Matthew, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Michael, and Hurricane Dorian. The majority of these storms featured in the four consecutive years of Category 5 storms were M storms.
He repeats himself constantly and inappropriately. He doesn’t remember half of what he’s said.
When do people start recognizing that something is very wrong with his brain?
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