Categories of Hurricanes and the Appropriate Safety Measures

Hurricanes may be as disorganized but certain agencies around the world were able to devise a way to put them in order by categorizing them in order to keep watch and warn the general public of its forthcoming. This will also be a great deal of help in educating the public with the suitable safety methods for every hurricane category based on what is expected from it. Through this, preventive measures will also be disseminated and acted upon by the people.

Storms are assigned under a variety of categories based on their strength. By making use of the Saffir-Simpson scale, a hurricane is being evaluated in a number of ways such as winds, barometric pressure, and the surging storm that comes with it.

Category 1

The storm has an accompanying wind of 74-95 miles in an hour. This is considered to be the weakest among all hurricanes. However, this type of storm can produce a surging storm of 4 or 5 feet above the normal high tide.

Category 2

The second category has a storm wind that runs at a speed of about 110 miles in an hour and is able to create a storm flow of between 6 to 8 feet.

Category 3

The third type goes together with a storm wind that will be able to reach up to 130 miles every hour. This is regarded as the boundary or the starting category for the major hurricanes with a corresponding surging storm that is potentially about 9 to 12 feet.

Category 4

Hurricanes for this category have a wind that could be as high as 155 miles every hour and could bring about a storm course of 13 to 18 feet.

Category 5

The storm for this particular category is greater than 155 miles for an hour and is able to generate a storm surge of above 20 feet. This very strong type of hurricane rarely happens though. There are only two hurricanes that have been recorded to hit the United States in the past century. They were named as Camille during the 1969 and the Labor Day Storm of the 1935.

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