Check the Bravus blog any time from Thursday morning the 20th, Mountain Time, for a scintillating discussion of why, although there's no such thing as a Category 6 hurricane, Wilma is one.

Global warming, or avian flu? The tiger or... the other tiger.

Must be time to re-read Heavy Weather.

Hey! It's Thursday morning over here! Hell, it's evening for most of your relatives. Get up! Get posting!

"Why not just make 5 bigger and 5 the top number and make that a little bigger?"

"...These go to 6."

Authentic LOL early in the morning - nice, lithos.

I'm watching the DVD now. Ever heard the band's commentary for the film? Beautiful. And improvved.

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I'm watching the DVD now. Ever heard the band's commentary for the film? Beautiful. And improvved.

Their appeal has become more selective over time.

You need an edit:

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Keeping on the same scale there’d be a 30 mph difference between the maximum wind speeds for 4 and 5, which would yield a maximum wind speed of 185 mph for a Category 6 hurricane.

Should be "for a Category 5 hurricane" at the end.

Yer right, danke!

At EA Canada - A "Category 5" was code for "sexual harassment".

I wonder what a Category 6 was for. Stuffing a manager head first into a tree mulcher, perhaps?