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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (962877)9/10/2016 11:18:44 AM
From: Alex MG  Read Replies (3) of 1574890
 
something else to consider, not just wind speed, but the SIZE of storms

for instance Hurricane Sandy - it wasn't even a CAT 1 when it came ashore but was still classified as a "superstorm"

"While it was a Category 2 storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km)). [3] [4] Estimates as of 2015 assessed damage to have been about $75 billion (2012 USD), a total surpassed only by Hurricane Katrina. [5"

Katrina was only a CAT 2 when it came ashore, but once again it was the sheer size of the storm that caused the massive destruction. The massive storm surge, the wall of water, is what did most of the damage, not the wind speed.
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