Strongest landfalls worldwide

[Squarethecircle]

I've always thought that Tracy looked really bad for a category 3/4 storm.

The eye looks pretty good here:

As in, the damage looked really bad.

[Frank2]

Of course. lettuce not forget Hurricane Andrew (1992):

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_page ... wradar.JPG

listening when it came to deciding whether to evacuate or not saved my life and the lives of my sister's in-laws (who lived one mile away from me), no doubt...

Still, the Pacific has the most intense systems overall, but, many never see land, fortunately...

[Derek Ortt]

large eye for Tracy and a very small storm. That equals very tight pressure gradient. Almost certain cat 5

[HurricaneBill]

Here's a radar loop of Tracy making landfall.