Your question gets to the heart of why it’s not important to add another category. Once you get a truly monster storm, a lot more factors come into play as to how dangerous it is than just wind speed. There’s not a single band aid solution.
Possibly? Our building techniques have improved since the scale was originally finalized so it may make sense to have a category for our truly hardened structures.
Your question gets to the heart of why it’s not important to add another category. Once you get a truly monster storm, a lot more factors come into play as to how dangerous it is than just wind speed. There’s not a single band aid solution.
It’s why they stopped at 5. Everything was gone anyway when it hits. In a category six it’s even more gone so it didn’t make them much sense.
Possibly? Our building techniques have improved since the scale was originally finalized so it may make sense to have a category for our truly hardened structures.