Cat 6 talk continues

[bevgo]

I think they need to have a special scale for storm surge specific for geographical location and the storm itself. Forget cat 6, cat 5 total destruction. What's a cat 6 going to do remove the foundation of the home and leave a hole in the ground.

Katrina left a few holes in the ground that I have seen. What is the point of a higher cat? Agree that a 5 would be total destruction. If Kat was a 3 I would not have survived a 5. God help us if a 5 hits here. I wont be here to see it though!

[george_r_1961]

As silly as this may seem adding a Cat 6 designation may cause people to downplay a Cat 5, especially after the first Cat 6 hits and someone 400 miles away from landfall on the left side of the storm decides "they survived a cat 6".

[Beam]

As silly as this may seem adding a Cat 6 designation may cause people to downplay a Cat 5, especially after the first Cat 6 hits and someone 400 miles away from landfall on the left side of the storm decides "they survived a cat 6".

Like I said earlier... natural selection.

[killah]

what up ktulu909. I think the Saffir Simpson scale needs to be adjusted also to include storm surge but the surge is harder to predict when the storm is out. Therefore, how can we say when a storm is coming that a Cat 3 storm is really a Cat 5?

[HurricaneHunter914]

Storm Surge also depends on the area you know. Like for example: Katrina hit a city below sea level which helps the storm surge be more devestating.

[senorpepr]

what up ktulu909. I think the Saffir Simpson scale needs to be adjusted also to include storm surge but the surge is harder to predict when the storm is out. Therefore, how can we say when a storm is coming that a Cat 3 storm is really a Cat 5?

Actually, I feel the Saffir-Simpson scale doesn't need to be changed. What DOES need to be changed is the amount of focus on the scale. Too many people focus on "It's a category [1-5]!!!!"

What should be stressed more is the wind speed and the storm surge... as seperate items... and don't even bring up Saffir-Simpson until after the storm, much like the Fujita scale is used.