When It Comes to Hurricanes, Do You Know Your Categories?

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Hurricane Harvey just tossed around cities of Texas like they were rag dolls and now everyone is having another anxiety attack wondering what Hurricane Irma is going to do to US. It's already punching islands in the Caribbean as if they're punching bags. In times like these you try to make yourself laugh so you don't lose heart. Was watching a weather report and the weatherman was wanting to keep his audience informed but also educated. He said somebody wrote or called and asked when would the hurricane become a CAT 6. He responded: “There is no such thing as a Category 6 hurricane. They only go up to Category 5.” He made laugh. Because I'm thinking to myself: “LOL. Dude! There's a first time for everything! The weather machines we use were built by humans with the only knowledge that they have. That means the machines could be wrong! Maybe there is such a thing as a Category 6 hurricane. But if the machine is only set to track hurricanes up to the strength of Category 5 … maybe we need to use a different storm tracker!!” Joking aside, please remember those who are facing the wrath of these storms. I've experienced several hurricanes and my take away is always the same. “Is it over? I'm alive? ALIVE!! YES!!” * * * "The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS), formerly the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale (SSHS), classifies hurricanes – Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms – into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds." (Source: Wikipedia)