CoalCracker
(Weather Hobbyist)
Thu Sep 22 2005 03:11 PM
Re: Wind Strength

See if I can claify here relative to the effects of the various catagories. Believe someone posted this before and think I have it correct. If not, feel free to alter.

The damage of a Cat 2 hurricane is 10x that of a Cat 1
The damage of a Cat 3 hurricane is 10 x 10 or 100x that of a Cat 1
The damage of a Cat 4 hurricane is 10 x 10 x 10 or 1000x that of a Cat 1
The damage of a Cat 5 hurricane is 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 or 10000x that of a Cat 1


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