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Ed Dunham
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Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale
Fri Jul 20 2007 05:54 PM

From the Hurricane Research Division FAQ:

Subject: D5) How does the damage that hurricanes cause increase as a function of wind speed?
Contributed by Chris Landsea

Or to rephrase the question: Would a minimal 74 mph hurricane cause one half of the damage that a major hurricane with 148 mph winds? No, the amount of damage (at least experienced along the U.S. mainland) does not increase linearly with the wind speed. Instead, the damage produced increases exponentially with the winds. The 148 mph hurricane (a category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale) may produce - on average - up to 250 times the damage of a minimal category 1 hurricane!

For additional reading, try HRD FAQ

Cheers,
ED

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Fri Jul 20 2007 05:54 PM
Re: HurriScale	dem05	Mon Jul 23 2007 01:08 AM
Re: HurriScale	Hootowl	Thu May 03 2007 07:10 AM
Re: HurriScale	Lamar-Plant City	Tue May 01 2007 04:55 PM
Re: HurriScale	IMTechspec	Sat Jul 21 2007 11:48 PM
Re: HurriScale	RevUp	Tue Jul 24 2007 12:17 PM
Experimental Wind Loading Data	CoconutCandy	Tue Jul 24 2007 08:40 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Tue Apr 14 2009 08:01 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Wed Apr 22 2009 02:16 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	Storm Hunter	Sat May 16 2009 01:53 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Sun May 17 2009 10:00 AM
Re: HurriScale	danielw	Thu May 03 2007 01:58 AM
Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	CoconutCandy	Fri Jul 20 2007 09:05 AM
Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	audienceofone	Fri Jul 20 2007 10:01 AM
Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	Ed Dunham	Fri Jul 20 2007 05:54 PM
Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	CoconutCandy	Mon Jul 23 2007 07:43 PM
Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	danielw	Mon Jul 23 2007 08:25 PM

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