| There is now talk in the meteorological | | | | of a category one and Category Five is 50 times |
| community of what to name a Hurricane like Rita? | | | | greater than a category Four, then what the |
| Category five doesn't quite cut it. This Hurricane is | | | | heck are we talking about here. "Houston we |
| extremely large 167% larger than Hurricane | | | | have a problem" and her name is Rita and she is |
| Katrina and it still has several days before landfall | | | | much tougher than her half sister Katrina ever |
| along the Texas Coast. The winds are clocked at | | | | dreamed of being and she is on her way over. |
| 175 mph, which is the same as an F-3 Tornado, | | | | I propose a new terminology for such Super |
| that is 35 to 40 miles wind and that is just the | | | | Storms, I propose we re-write the Saffir-Simpson |
| winds near the center. In fact there are Hurricane | | | | Scale and add to it Category Six or Category |
| winds now out as far as 200-miles, whereas | | | | Five SuperHurricane. You see Category 5 |
| Hurricane Katrina was only 120 mile Hurricane wind | | | | Hurricanes start at 156 mph and Hurricane Rita is |
| swath. This Hurricane is at 897 mb making it | | | | ripping buoys out of the water and teaching them |
| number three in the strongest Hurricanes ever | | | | to fly at 175 mph, this is not a regular Hurricane, |
| measured in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Rita is | | | | this is a Super Cat 5. Two previous Category Five |
| pulling in rotating bands of severe thunderstorm | | | | Hurricanes are Andrew in 1992 and Camille in |
| weather from 480 miles away. | | | | 1969. |
| What do you call a Category V Hurricane when it | | | | To give you an idea of what happens in normal |
| breaks the Hurricane Scale with 175 mph hour | | | | Cat Five Hurricanes you get 25 foot storm surges |
| winds and 897 mb? What on Gods Earth can you | | | | (Galveston seawall is 18 foot), you lose ALL |
| call it to help describe the enormity of the storm? | | | | manufactured and mobile homes. Complete roof |
| You call it a Super Hurricane, as the Typhoons, | | | | failure should be expected on nearly all buildings. |
| which break the Typhoon scales are called Super | | | | They tip over Oil rigs, sink ships, take out bridges, |
| Typhoons. Well we are almost over the top on | | | | knock over trains and if you have a yacht, you |
| the Category Five Hurricane Scale. If a Category | | | | don't won't anymore. |
| V Hurricane is 500 times more powerful than that | | | | |