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Hurricane Katrina vs. Hurricane Helene (lemmy.world)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 136 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You are correct, they don't appear to be. This one seems more accurate there, but the difference is still stark:

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 month ago

I was going to correct you on the comparison and I tried making my own scaled image .... but I couldn't because yours is a correct scale

I just couldn't believe that Helene was that massive and widespread compared to Katrina which was known as a major event. wow

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I did one too. Top and bottom before I saw yours. Here it is as well to help with the scale. I overlaid them in Photoshop to help get the land the same but hell its nuts.