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Lysis
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Re: Saffir Simpson scale question
Mon Jul 11 2005 08:42 PM

Of course... sorry.

I have a splitting migraine right now. I agree, that is very odd. Just another little idea, but along the same lines of thinking, I wonder if a category six rating would be appropriate. While rare... perhaps happening only once every decade or two, we have a storm that gets around 170-190mph. The destructive power of such a storm would be far greater than the 155mph wind requirement.

EDIT: Actually tera... I was thinking, and the numbers have rhyme and reason to them. A category four is literally a hundred times more destructive than a category two. This is because a winds destructive force increases exponentially. The brackets are calculated around the concept of what will destroy a certain type of structure (ie, a breaking point)… so that is the reason for the odd numbering.

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Edited by Lysis (Mon Jul 11 2005 08:45 PM)

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Saffir Simpson scale question	Lysis	Mon Jul 11 2005 08:42 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Clark	Fri Jun 03 2005 12:39 AM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Lysis	Fri Jun 03 2005 08:21 AM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Ed Dunham	Mon Jun 06 2005 03:35 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Lysis	Mon Jul 11 2005 07:20 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Allison	Wed Jul 13 2005 04:06 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Lysis	Wed Jul 13 2005 05:26 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Multi-Decadal Signal	Wed Jul 13 2005 07:32 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Terra	Mon Jul 11 2005 07:44 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Lysis	Mon Jul 11 2005 08:28 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Terra	Mon Jul 11 2005 08:34 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Lysis	Mon Jul 11 2005 08:42 PM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Terra	Wed Jul 13 2005 04:27 AM
Re: Saffir Simpson scale question	Lysis	Wed Jul 13 2005 09:37 AM

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