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[RustyRelics]

Morning everyone.

 

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[WannaDig3687]

Are you serious?

 

[WannaDig3687]

Good morning, Rusty.

 

[RTR]

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They have now announced the winds are at 175 mph. That is crazy.

yeah just saw that.it jumped from 150 to 175 w/in the last hr.its on the verge of being a cat 6

 

[Simon1]

Let me consult my ouija board Sis

 

[Simon1]

yeah just saw that.it jumped from 150 to 175 w/in the last hr.its on the verge of being a cat 6

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I looked through the NOAA site and could not find a category higher than 5

 

[RTR]

interesting https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/category-6-hurricane-saffir-simpson-wind-scale

 

[A2coins]

175 mph holy crap a case of beer a sailbout a bag of diapers and the ride of your life lol I hope no one gets hurt all joking aside. Ill bet it will also wash up some cool stuff on the beaches. Was going to get out today for my usual clad fest but nooooooooo noooooooo freakin rain so I get to fix my disposal and do the Honey do or else list that thing is almost as long as my Christmas list why isnt there a honey do list for the Wife. Whats the saying Honey dew or Cantelope anyway there goes my day.....What about the Basement you were going to clean last month rrrrr I wasnt going to clean it I just said that for points...Thanks for hearing my vent Tommy

 

[RTR]

Patricia in 2015 was a cat.6+ https://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-patricia-category-7-mean-2015-10

 

[Simon1]

I see that they ponder that question but no mention of anything official and at what point would a cat 5 become a cat 6. As you say, Interesting. Dorian may be the one that finally makes the cat 6 official ?

 

[Simon1]

I just tried that site Roger, I have an ad blocker and so it would not allow me to view. I will try from another angle. Thanks

 

[Simon1]

I did the National Hurricane Center and it only shows 1-5, but they do believe a 6 or even 7 should be added, but as of yet, nothing official.
At some point I imagine that it is like our tornadoes, as tornado survivors we don't really focus on the EF category because the damage done is done. And our tornadoes usually don't get rated for 1-2 days after they have done their damage. Whether it be an EF0 or EF4 tornado, it was still a destructive force whatever it gets classified as. Hurricanes cover so much more area. Just pray for all in it's path.

 

[RTR]

Yesterday the weather channel has a good drone aerial video of McLarty 1715 fleet Museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors'_and_Salvagers'_Camp_–_1715_Fleet

 

[Simon1]

The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, developed in the early 1970s, ranks hurricanes from Category 1, which means winds of 74-95 mph, to Category 5, which covers winds of 157 mph or more.


Since each category covers a range of wind speeds, it would appear that once wind speed reaches 190 or 200 mph, the pattern may call for another category. Last season saw two Category 5 hurricanes, Irma and Maria, with Irma reaching 180 mph. And in 2015, off Mexico’s Pacific coast, Hurricane Patricia achieved a freakish sustained wind speed of 215 mph.


“If we had twice as many Category 5s — at some point, several decades down the line — if that seems to be the new norm, then yes, we’d want to have more partitioning at the upper part of the scale,” Hall said. “At that point, a Category 6 would be a reasonable thing to do.’’


Many scientists and forecasters aren’t particularly interested in categories anyway, since these capture only wind speed and not the other dangers posed by hurricanes.


“We’ve tried to steer the focus toward the individual hazards, which include storm surge, wind, rainfall, tornadoes and rip currents, instead of the particular category of the storm, which only provides information about the hazard from wind,” said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center. “Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale already captures ‘catastrophic damage’ from wind, so it’s not clear that there would be a need for another category even if storms were to get stronger.”

 

[Simon1]

I finally found a web cam that streams live video so I don't have to depend on the Weather Channel. It is located in Cocoa Beach.

 

[ARC]

This will be a 5 by tonight IMO.

Heh.

 

[ARC]

 

[WannaDig3687]

ARC, I think you missed your calling. You have been ahead in the predictions ever since it developed.

 

[RustyRelics]

Got company coming over tonight. Yay. Woohoo. Super. Fantastic. Awesome. Wonderful.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Uh oh, Rusty's gotta clean his room.