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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

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* HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure danielwAdministrator 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 danielwAdministrator   Tue Apr 14 2009 08:01 PM
. * * Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure danielwAdministrator   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 danielwAdministrator   Sun May 17 2009 10:00 AM
. * * Re: HurriScale danielwAdministrator   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 DunhamAdministrator   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 danielwAdministrator   Mon Jul 23 2007 08:25 PM

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