Herbert saffir biography
Originally from Brooklyn, Saffir....
Herbert Seymour Saffir was an American civil engineer who co-developed the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale for measuring the intensity of hurricanes.
Saffir–Simpson scale
Hurricane intensity scale
The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) classifies hurricanes—which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms—into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds.
This measuring system was formerly known as the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, or SSHS.
To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical cyclone must have one-minute-average maximum sustained winds at 10 m (33 ft) above the surface of at least 74 mph (64 kn, 119 km/h; Category 1).[1] The highest classification in the scale, Category 5, consists of storms with sustained winds of at least 157 mph (137 kn, 252 km/h).
The classifications can provide some indication of the potential damage and flooding a hurricane will cause upon landfall.
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