| Rasvar |
| (Weather Master) |
| Wed Sep 21 2005 09:49 PM |
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Re: Category 5 Hurricane Rita Moves Westward in the Gulf
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A little off subject, but i've wondered something and never asked. Why does the scale only go to a cat 5? Can they not mesuare anything higher than 174mph?
Safir-Simpson is meant to be a measure of destructive capability. Simply put, once you get to Cat 5, you can not break a lot more stuff. Not a whole lot of stuff withstands a Cat 5.