Regarding Hurricane Irma · 9:58pm Sep 5th, 2017
Hello there!
Hurricane Irma has strengthened past the Category 5 threshold to sustained winds of over 185 mph. This means the winds are not gusting to 185 mph, they stay at that speed. Gusts reported by hurricane hunters to well over 200 mph. To put that into perspective, that's EF-4 tornado winds sustained and gusts in the EF-5 tornado range. Complete and utter destruction.