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Lysis
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Re: Saffir Simpson scale question
      Mon Jul 11 2005 08:42 PM

Of course... sorry. I have a splitting migraine right now. I agree, that is very odd. Just another little idea, but along the same lines of thinking, I wonder if a category six rating would be appropriate. While rare... perhaps happening only once every decade or two, we have a storm that gets around 170-190mph. The destructive power of such a storm would be far greater than the 155mph wind requirement.

EDIT: Actually tera... I was thinking, and the numbers have rhyme and reason to them. A category four is literally a hundred times more destructive than a category two. This is because a winds destructive force increases exponentially. The brackets are calculated around the concept of what will destroy a certain type of structure (ie, a breaking point)… so that is the reason for the odd numbering.



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Edited by Lysis (Mon Jul 11 2005 08:45 PM)

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* Saffir Simpson scale question Lysis Mon Jul 11 2005 08:42 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question ClarkModerator   Fri Jun 03 2005 12:39 AM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Lysis   Fri Jun 03 2005 08:21 AM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Ed DunhamAdministrator   Mon Jun 06 2005 03:35 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Lysis   Mon Jul 11 2005 07:20 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Allison   Wed Jul 13 2005 04:06 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Lysis   Wed Jul 13 2005 05:26 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Multi-Decadal Signal   Wed Jul 13 2005 07:32 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Terra   Mon Jul 11 2005 07:44 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Lysis   Mon Jul 11 2005 08:28 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Terra   Mon Jul 11 2005 08:34 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Lysis   Mon Jul 11 2005 08:42 PM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Terra   Wed Jul 13 2005 04:27 AM
. * * Re: Saffir Simpson scale question Lysis   Wed Jul 13 2005 09:37 AM

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