Tampa’s Phoenix Simulation Anticipated Category 5 Hurricane

A satellite image shows Hurricane Ian growing stronger as it barreled toward Cuba on Sept. 26, 2022. (NASA Worldview/Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)

In ominous tones, a documentary narrator describes the devastation wrought on the Tampa Bay, Fla. area by “Phoenix,” a tropical storm that grew into a Category 5 hurricane.

More than 160 deaths with 30,000 missing people. Upwards of 300,000 people seeking shelter. As much as $200 billion in building damage.