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It already does. There's no problem with the system, for people that understand what it is meant to describe. Rainfall isn't a part of that. The best way to de
by beerandt 5y ago
It already does. There's no problem with the system, for people that understand what it is meant to describe. Rainfall isn't a part of that.
The best way to describe rainfall is by... giving the rates and cumulative amount of rainfall. Flash flood warnings exist when excessive rain causes... flash flooding.
As for direction: hurricanes are circles. Everyone knows the east eyewall is the worst part.
Idk what else you'd want to incorporate/describe that's useful. Except that people that haven't been through bad hurricanes always think what they experience must be worse than the category of the storm.
Eg: Sandy not being hurricane strength when it came ashore, so they made up the term "Superstorm Sandy" because "just" tropical storm somehow lessons their experience.
- interestica 5y ago>It already does. There's no problem with the system, for people that understand what it is meant to describe. Rainfall isn't a part of that. I wasn't necessarily saying there was a problem with the system. However, when these terms/systems are used in the primary means of communicating dangers to the public (mass media: tv, radio, web) then they are doing a disservice. For a layman, the only difference between a cat 4 and a cat 5 hurricane is that the cat 5 is worse. Yet, for different areas, the category doesn't actually speak of the dangers. And, you risk people thinking "oh, I was in a category 4 before" and not realizing the potential of a 'lower' storm depending on the conditions. I think the recent flooding in NY from the remnants of Hurricane Ida speak to that.