from what i hear, a cat 3 is kind of misleading, since all that energy is just spreading out over a wider area. On top of that, if the eye hits north of tampa, the whole tampa bay area could see a 12ft storm surge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Eu...

Hurricane Milton Is Going CAT 5...

YouTube video by Ryan Hall, Y'all

It’s not that Cat 3 is misleading, it’s that category alone doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about a storm.