Just In Time For Earth Day -- Hurricane Michael Upgraded To Category 5 -- April 19, 2019, Part 7

When I got this note from a reader earlier today, I thought it was a  joke or a hoax. After all, the science is settled. We know for a fact that the earth will be 2.3 degrees warmer on April 19, 2101, than it was on April 19, 2019.

But then we get this report. Six months after the event, "scientists" upgrade(d) Hurricane Michael to category 5. Apparently the "scientists" found evidence that the wind speed was 160 mph -- up from the 155 mph originally reported -- when the hurricane hit landfall.

Exactly 160 mph. Not 159.9 or 160.1 but exactly 160 mph. Amazing how that worked out, because to be categorized as a Category 5, need to hit 160 mph.

From the article:

Scientists made the determination after reviewing aircraft and surface winds, surface pressures, satellite intensity estimates and Doppler radar velocities, and a fudge factor based on the presidential approval rating.

I can't make this stuff up.

The reader who sent me this noted that the "upgrade" was just in time for Monday, April 22, 2019.

The significance of that date: that's Earth Day.

From The Wall Street Journal:

I assume if "they" can upgrade a hurricane six months after the fact, the Florida folks can manage a presidential recount two years after the fact, and declare Hillary the president. After all, she received the most "popular" votes. 

Using the word "popular" very, very loosely.