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One thing they don't highlight in the article is that the storm's wind speed is well above the rate it takes to qualify it as Category 5; And that Category 5 is
by smarm52 2y ago
One thing they don't highlight in the article is that the storm's wind speed is well above the rate it takes to qualify it as Category 5; And that Category 5 is the _top_ of the scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale#Category_5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale#C...
Though Category 6 isn't a part of that scale, there are unofficial estimates of the speed of the windows to qualify as a storm more powerful than a category 5.
> have suggested pegging Category 6 to storms with winds greater than 174 or 180 mph (78 or 80 m/s; 151 or 156 kn; 280 or 290 km/h).
And at last measurement, this storm had winds of ~165 mph.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale#Proposed_extensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale#P...
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- jpm_sd 2y agoHurricanes are just trying to catch up to Ethernet cable standards </XKCD> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
- wakawaka28 2y agoThere is nothing special about such scales. Considering the scale was only invented in 1971, it's no wonder that it must be revised. There would be more meaningful ways to communicate storm characteristics but the public will not necessarily understand it in the same way as a more qualitative scale.