The thing I find interesting (in a way) is that even then, the damage caused is not a single-variate function.
Where I live, we just had a massive for the area storm with really strong wind gusts. My little weather station on my balcony recorded 80mph gusts. I also have several new cracks in the walls from when the roof tried to leave the building. But in other places, hurricanes and tornadoes much stronger than that still end up leaving buildings intact.
We try so hard to reduce so many things to a single number, a single qualifier. And nature just keeps showing us why that's not entirely useful.
Musings from an evening spent in the dark, and perhaps the slightly spoiled leftover meatloaf that I had because there was no power to cook anything.
Where I live, we just had a massive for the area storm with really strong wind gusts. My little weather station on my balcony recorded 80mph gusts. I also have several new cracks in the walls from when the roof tried to leave the building. But in other places, hurricanes and tornadoes much stronger than that still end up leaving buildings intact.
We try so hard to reduce so many things to a single number, a single qualifier. And nature just keeps showing us why that's not entirely useful.
Musings from an evening spent in the dark, and perhaps the slightly spoiled leftover meatloaf that I had because there was no power to cook anything.