Quote from a great forum about the "Hurricane X is a Category Y!"
The storm surge from this monster storm will indeed take lives and some of those lives will perish because of a false sense of safety in that Ike
will be in all likelihood at most a Category 3 on the SAFFIR-SIMPSON scale approaching the Texas coastline. I feel it is imperative that the
Integrated Kinetic Energy (IKE) scale become as much household name as the SAFFIR-SIMPSON scale in order to save lives.
Best post of the day! The S-S scale is part of the public lexicon now and I am more than sure that many folks are thinking- well its a 2 now, and may
"only" become a 3....but this is almost completely irrelevant in many cases re: the surge/water rise/wave setup. Although Dr. Masters has been
overdoing his intensity forecasts so far, and I am not so sure that Ike will attain a IKE index higher than Katrina, it will be much more dangerous
than a "normal cat 2 or 3 storm and that cannot be emphasized enough to the public. That is why the "certain death" wording was used, so shake
folks out of their complacency.
Sometimes I wonder whether these scales should even be released to the general public. If they dont have the education to utilize them properly, then
why publicize them so much? Its better to just give them a simple response: "Get the hell out if you want to stay alive!"
This is a great forum an ATS member posted around the time of Gustav that I follow now for any hurricane:
www.easternuswx.com...
The current storm is always listed in Important Topics, and these guys are a collection of pro, semi pro, and amateur meteorologists, forecasters, and
hurricane chasers that give minute by minute updates and discuss the ins and outs of every storm as it changes.
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