GLOBAL WARMING, page-106

Hurricane Laura

Much has been reported about Hurricane Laura’s wind speeds of 130 Kts at landfall, which if true would make it the fifth most powerful hurricane at landfall to hit the US, tied with five others:

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/All_U.S._Hurricanes.html

However atmospheric pressure tells a rather different story. When Laura made landfall, the minimum pressure recorded was 938 mb. This would rank it as only tie 17th strongest.