To: Prophet in the wilderness
Don't see how Cat 5 can be applied to a surge. The surge may come from levee's breaking or the heavy rains.
Even the tsunami didn't have a Category designation.
37 posted on
08/29/2005 9:43:55 AM PDT by
OldFriend
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To: OldFriend
Don't see how Cat 5 can be applied to a surge. They have benchmarks for storm surges. For a Cat 1 storm, you probably expect so many of feet of surge; for a Cat 5, it's obviously much higher.
65 posted on
08/29/2005 9:57:41 AM PDT by
Lou L
To: OldFriend
Don't see how Cat 5 can be applied to a surge. The surge may come from levee's breaking or the heavy rains. The surge comes from gulf waters literally being pushed ashore by the WIND --- CAT5 -- heavy rains and broken levees nmay contribute to flooding, but have absolutely nothing to do with causing storm surges.!
Even the tsunami didn't have a Category designation.
Hurricanes are rated by category ... not tsunamis! (DUH?)
69 posted on
08/29/2005 10:01:35 AM PDT by
TheRightGuy
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