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Re:We've already seen category 6 hurricanes – scientists wan... by gonational on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @10:00AM (#39274872)
Stats, like wind in miles-per-hour? That seems arbitrary. Why not just use wind speed in plank-lengths per zeptosecond, then?

It's almost as if expressive abstractions are helpful for human understanding of large sets of numerical statistics, no?

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Re:We've already seen category 6 hurricanes – scientists wan... by wegfawefgawefg on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:19AM (#39276159)
nobody knows the difference between four and five and three and two. Its always on the news as a "warzone". so a real energy number would be nice.
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Re:We've already seen category 6 hurricanes – scientists wan... by gonational on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @10:46PM (#39284236)
A total energy level could help with total damage predictions, but, for the individual, wind speed and storm surge are key.
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