Timeline to Hurricane Destin

Hurricane Destin Info
On the morning of February 2nd, 2020 a record breaking multi-cellular hurricane made landfall in Funcity, killing over sixty and injuring nine more. The storm completely flattened houses in a 423 mile radius from the area of destruction. Interstates, highways, and railroad tracks were washed away or completely flooded with no way of passing. The mayor, Ethan sent out alerts on Twitter and Instagram warning citizens of the potential devastation. The storm managed to grow over twenty times the size of Typhoon Tip, which was the largest cyclone to ever hit, growing at a big size of 15 km (9.3 mi) wide.

What you're about to read is a three day timeline before, during, and after the storms impact.

January 29th, 2020

The National Weather Service sent out warnings of a potentially deadly storm approaching the southern point of Funcity. At 2:57 pm, the first warning was issued and people brushed over it. After days of observing the storm, scientists observed a abnormal growth speed in the storm system as it slowly approached land. The hurricane grew bigger and bigger every hour, and that alarmed officials. Officials immediately alerted businesses in the impact zone and they immediately started discounting generators, water, and food. An E's home improvement store on Marple Rd. (one of the many supercenter stores in the impact zone) started selling generators for free for people who needed them to survive the upcoming disaster. At 3:00 pm, officials noticed the storm has grown twenty feet since the last time they had observed it about forty minutes ago, so they sent out an emergency to all citizens. The alert states: "A monstrous, fast growing hurricane has been spotted two hundred and forty miles from the southern point of Funcity. This storm is extremely dangerous, and evacuations in the next few days are necessary."

People still ignored many of the warnings, but some took it into consideration.

Mesa Beach, a busy beach area on the left corner of the southern point was closed due to the hurricane along with many coastal stores.

January 30th, 2020

Early that Thursday morning, Hurricane Destin had traveled forty nine miles east of Funcity. Officials figured the storm had changed paths early that night so any severe warning still available were cancelled. Unfortunately, this move may of caused more deaths as most people heard this and removed their boards from the windows.