re: New Category 6 Hurricane Classification Proposed Due to Climate Change

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In fact, why not 200 or so categories where each category is a wind speed? Why the middle step?

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can we discuss the gender of these storms as well?

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In fact, why not 200 or so categories where each category is a wind speed? Why the middle step?

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I think we need more to accommodate those with non-binary or black names. Oh and don't forget the tornados that identify as hurricanes.

There's barely even any Cat 5 storms that ever make landfall as it is. What's the point of this?

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They will probably change the measurements to so they can get one immediately - like moving from pressure to wind speed in eh 70s.

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I want to see what they rate Idalia in the final report. I want them to stay, and justify staying, with it as a 125mph Cat. 3 at landfall. In the initial report the max sustained wind measured on land was 72.5mph with a max gust of 86.3mph. The only wind measurement I've seen even close to a major hurricane came from that insufferable twat Jeff Pietrowski, and if he's the guy they're going to hang their "first major hurricane to hit the big bend of Florida since...." hat on.....well, they deserve any bashing they get. We've seen the NHC revise a storm up in category, let's see if they will revise one down.

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I want them to stay, and justify staying, with it as a 125mph Cat. 3

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That is the thing with wind. All they need is one mark of reported wind and they move the needle. Wind responds to water and land masses from moment to moment. A random gust can report a wind speed for seconds and higher than the norm and NOAA move it up a category to declare it is a hurricane. meanwhile pressure has not moved.

They can't hype the pressure, but wind is like a cat with a ball of yarn filled with catnip to these jayholes.

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You think there’s doing anything to cut their carbon emissions?

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They actually are there is plenty of info on it online. The bigger problem is we don't have viable alternatives yet

More than half of the electric cars on roads worldwide are found in China. The country was also responsible for 35% of global EV exports in 2022. In fact, Chinese automaker BYD sold more electric vehicles than Tesla in Q4 2023

Golmud Solar Park — China. The Golmud Solar Park in China is the world's largest solar farm with an installed solar capacity of 2.8 GW (that's 4x what the hoover dam puts out). It's a hugely impressive site with nearly seven million solar panels all working to deliver clean energy.

People are so quick to out themselves as completely dishonest when they post easily disproven things like 'China is doing nothing to cut emissions"

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They actually are there is plenty of info on it online. The bigger problem is we don't have viable alternatives yet More than half of the electric cars on roads worldwide are found in China. The country was also responsible for 35% of global EV exports in 2022. In fact, Chinese automaker BYD sold more electric vehicles than Tesla in Q4 2023

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And what’s providing the electricity for those electric cars? I’ll give you a hint.



China has over 1,100 coal powered electric plants and they’re building more as fast as they can.

NPR 2023: China is building six times more new coal plants than other countries, report finds

China gets 70% of its energy from Coal


If you’re wanting to reduce CO2 emissions, it doesn’t matter how many electric cars you drive when your power grid is based on burning coal.

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If you’re wanting to reduce CO2 emissions, it doesn’t matter how many electric cars you drive when your power grid is based on burning coal.

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But their electric grid is a mixture of coal and other sources, so the EV is still less emissions than burning gas.

Also, as I pointed out with them building the world's largest solar farm, your statement that they are doing "nothing" to cut emissions was bullshite. Their percentage of electricity that comes from coal has already gone down since that 2021 study.. Also, newer coal plants can reduce emissions by being more efficient than older coal plants.

We aren't going to 0 fossil fuel usage in any of our lifetimes

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But their electric grid is a mixture of coal and other sources, so the EV is still less emissions than burning gas.

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I’m sorry you’re too stupid to understand no amount of electric vehicles will make up for the fact 70% of their electricity is generated by burning coal. And they’re still building more coal powered electric plants to generate the power for the additional electric cars they’re putting on the roads. So all they're really doing is making idiots like you think they’re doing something when they’re really not doing jack shite.

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Also, as I pointed out with them building the world's largest solar farm, your statement that they are doing "nothing" to cut emissions was bullshite

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The reason it seems like “bullshite” to you is you’re too stupid and gullible to understand using electric cars powered by coal fired power plants isn’t doing anything to reduce CO2 emissions. And in fact, as they add more coal powered plants to power more and more electric cars, they’re actually doing the opposite of what you, in your feeble mind, think they’re doing.