[NELSON111]

I have been forecasting (for the USAF and for a major private weather company) for over 29 years. This is actually been a battle cry in the field for a VERY long time. There really needs to be a new system and we need to move away from the SS-scale.

There are several private weather companies who have created their own scale and it helps their clients tremendously. I know of one that has a scale that includes wind speed, size, surge and rain. It actually works really well.

I guess my point is: This is not a new idea brought on by the AGW crowd. It's an idea which has been suggested by the pro-mets for years. It's just the NHC is so antiquated they don't want to mess with their golden calf and have the headache of re-training the public.

[Pecos]

The AGW crowd may not have originated this idea, but you know they will parley it into “proof” of their unholy religion.