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To: epicure who wrote (20080)	6/1/2006 2:37:34 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541355

Since we have only had modern, accurate measurement of these criteria for a matter of decades, asserting that we know which hurricane was the most powerful "ever" seems nonsensical. We have no idea what hurricane strength trends were like for the last several million years. It could be the blind guy touching the elephant's tail and having no idea what the rest of the animal is like.

To: epicure who wrote (20080)	6/1/2006 8:37:09 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541355

OK, I may be being snarky, but what is an "average" hurricane? Do you mean the mean, the median, or the mode? The Saffir-Simpson scale goes from Cat 1 to Cat 5. The middle is, ipso facto, cat 3. Which is what Katrina was when it hit land. Being big and scary out at sea -- if so, a lot of hurricanes qualify for that. From a source you cited earlier: 1935 Labor Day hurricane hit Florida Keys cat 5 1944 Great hurricane Cat 5 winds 165 at sea hit VA as strong cat 4 (winds 150 mph) 1950 Hurricane King hit Miami strong cat 4 (winds 150 mph) storm surge 19.3 ft. 1954 Hazel hit North Carolina cat 4 1966 Inez hit many places, killed 1900, cat 4 1967 Beulah hit Texas cat 4 1969 Camille hit Gulf Coast cat 5 1979 David hit Caribbean islands cat 5 1988 Gilbert hit Yucatan cat 5 1989 Hugo cat 5 in Caribbean, hit North Carolina cat 4 1992 Andrew hit South Florida cat 5 1999 Lenny hit Lesser Antilles strong cat 4 (winds 150 mph) 1999 Mitch hit Honduras cat 5 2003 Isabel cat 5 at sea (winds 234 mph), but hit North Carolina as cat 2 2004 Ivan cat 5 at sea, hit Alabama as cat 3 2005 three cat 5s at sea, (Emily, Katrina, Rita) none cat 5 when they hit land hurricaneville.com