[spetznaz]

Hmmmm .....then I guess under this new system the 1999 Oklahoma tornado must have been a what ....F8? After all, it was an extremely strong F5 (some say they should have given it a new rating of F6) ....thus with the new ratings it apparently got an enlargement.

[houeto]

Hmmmm .....then I guess under this new system the 1999 Oklahoma tornado must have been a what ....F8? After all, it was an extremely strong F5 (some say they should have given it a new rating of F6) ....thus with the new ratings it apparently got an enlargement.

Agree. Same thing needs to happen with the Safhir/Simpson(sp) with regards to hurricanes. I have been through MANY. Katrina came ashore as a cat 3. I was in Camille in '69 and THIS storm dwarfed her. I learned many lessons living through Katrina.