danielwAdministrator
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Mon Jul 23 2007 08:25 PM
Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale

The modified Fujita scale should answer most of the questions posted here. I never thought that the simplicity of the HurriScale would make it more complex. Must be Science!

The correct title is "Enhanced Fujita Scale", but I prefer modified.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ef-scale.html

Dr Mark Powell at the Hurricane Research Division produced this publication in 1995. The data shows that the wind damage is exponential to the wind speed.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Powell/Real_time_Damage.pdf


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