Why Hurricane Categories Make a Difference

When it comes to hurricanes each ones impacts are a little bit different But the wind speeds that we talk about along the Saffir Simpson scale those are very specific and the damage caused in those categories [are] kind of predictable so let me show you lets start off with a category 1 storm and the damage here, not too bad a couple of shingles fall off you can have some palm fronds bending in the wind but everything basically remains intact Category 2 that's where you really start to feel it look at the windows of the house They can be hit from debris from the outside and already start breaking in a category 2 your trees [are] significantly bent over in the wind and the siding of the house itself can break Flapping there in the wind adding to those eerie noises inside category 3 Iv'e heard "only" a category 3 but it's not "only" anything except really bad news in a category 3 you can have the door of the house blown in because the winds get so strong you can have the roof of the house start to flap up and down in the wind because it can lift off those weak points and a lot of those trees start to fall category 4 the damage is even worse, you get most trees falling, most of your windows breaking, most of your shingles fly away And then cat 5 is as high as the category scale goes by cat 5 No shingles remain anywhere nearby the holes in the roof get so big that the walls of the house start to fall because they are not attached to anything anymore There won't be any trees up in the neighborhood That's just catastrophic damage, but again that's just from the wind and there are other impacts from hurricanes And they all vary through the season so stick with the weather channel to keep you safe when tropics head toward your neck of the woods

Channel: The Weather Channel

Views: 5,606,410

Keywords: Hurricane, hurricane category, Tropical Cyclone Scales, Tropical Cyclone (Disaster Type), hurricanes, Meteorology (Field Of Study), meteorologist, The Weather Channel (Organization), science behind, weather wizard, category 5 hurricane, category, Saffir--Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, Mark Elliot, Storm

Id: lqfExHpvLRY

Length: 1min 51sec (111 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 08 2013

Reddit Comments

[u/IrishHounds]

This might be CGI

[u/Bemo98]

That's why the 3rd little piggy made his house out if briks. I'm pretty sure a brick house can make it trough a hurricane, broken windows and damage but nothing major I assume. Unless if course you flood which you kind of can't do anything about it.

[u/[deleted]]

Can anyone explain me how the reporter is unaffected by the hurricane?

Does this mean I should be standing right outside my house for the best chance of survival?

[u/ElmertheAwesome]

I mentioned this as a reply for one of the comments below, but this house does not look like any Miami house I ever saw. Most of the houses were single story, concrete (I think), and with low profile roofs.

[u/ASPR0K]

Surely houses could be built better to withstand the conditions?

[u/OBJredwake]

You know what makes a difference, Weather Channel? Video resolution.

[u/icepir]

Don't forget, the winds last for several hours, the video really downplays this.

[u/A_Gigantic_Potato]

INB4 Euros "wot why don't you build your houses out of stones and drink tea and eat fish and chips?"

[u/Dank_Mixer]

RIP ice