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defacto7

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2. On this scale it's unnecessary.

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 12:17 PM

Oct 2019

The scale is based on damage it can cause. Cat 5 represents the most possible damage that can be done to structures or land. IOW 250 mph can't do anymore damage than 160 mph. They both flatten anything in their path.

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so, when will they just add a cat 6? pansypoo53219 Oct 2019 #1

On this scale it's unnecessary. defacto7 Oct 2019 #2

just for the morons like trump. worstest. bigly worse. pansypoo53219 Oct 2019 #3