User talk:M noble

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Also, in response to your comments at Cyclone Larry: The Australian news reported it as a Category 5 storm because it was a Category 5 storm on the rarely-used Australian scale. The Australian scale uses estimates of maximum wind gusts rather than sustained winds and also marks its divisions in different locations than the far more commonly used Saffir-Simpson Scale. Thus, the Australian news stations reported the maximum wind gusts in accordance with the Australian scale rather than maximum sustained winds in accordance with the scale used by the rest of the world. In the article, both scales are noted, but the storm was certainly no more than a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale and probably only a Category 3 on that scale. Note that even Category 3 storms can be highly destructive: Hurricane Katrina itself, the epitome of a destructive storm, was Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale at landfall. — Cuivi é  nen , Wednesday, 22 March 2006 @ 00:46 (UTC)


 * I have removed your personal attacks and incivility against Cuivienen from both here and the Cyclone Larry talk page. Please read those two policies closely. Comment on content, not the contributor. It is a blockable offence, and one user has already been blocked for it over the issue of Larry's strength. NSL E (T+C) at 07:27 UTC (2006-03-22)