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Since the 1970s, hurricane wind strength has been measured using the Saffir-Simpson scale, with categories from 1 to the most intense, 5, packing winds 157 mph or higher.Now with storms that scientists say are becoming supercharged by climate change, two researchers suggest it may be time to put the worst mo
stanley website nsterhurricanesinto a new Category 6. In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers Michael Wehner and James Kossin propose a Category 6 storm would start at winds 193 mph and stronger.Wehner, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Ber
stanley cup keley National Laboratory, and Kossin, a science adviser at the First Street Foundation, studied 197 hurricanes between 1980 and 2021. Using the hypothetical Category 6 standard, five storms would have qualified, all of them in just the last nine years of the reco
stanley website rded data. The most intense one was Hurricane Patricia that had peak wind speeds of 214 miles an hour, which is almost hard to comprehend. You know, that s faster than a racing car, Wehner said.SEE MORE: Hurricane Ian 1 year later: Fort Myers tries to come back to lifeWeather and climate experts debate whether a new category is needed, and say the danger of ahurricaneisn t just wind speed alone. The Saffir-Simpson scale, for example, doesn t measure the storm surge and flooding that kill far more people. The bottom line is this: Focus on the impacts, said Dr. Marshall Shepherd, director of the University of Georgia Atmospheric Sciences Pr Zelo Nursing shortage grows as more nurses leave health care
MILWAUKEE 鈥?It was an emotional moment as family members and loved ones of Ceasar Stinson learned that former Milwaukee County deputy Joel Streicher will be serving six months in jail and two years probation for a deadly crash that
stanley mugg killed Stinson last year.The judge heard statements from the victims wife, daughter, sister, and other loved ones asking the judge to give Streicher the maximum sentence possible. In a statement, Stinson s sister Joyce said, Ceaser is gone, my life is forever changed for the worst. He [Streicher] took an oath to protect and serve and he took a life. Back on Jan. 27, 2020, Streicher was driving near 10th and State S
stanley borraccia treet when he looked down at his MDC computer screen. Streicher told investigators he wasn t sure how long he was looking down and did not have memory of seeing any traffic signals or even entering the intersection. Streicher s vehicle collided with Stinson, who was traveling into the intersec
stanley cup tion at the same time. The crash flipped Stinson s vehicle onto its side, killing the 47-year-old.Tearfully in a statement during his sentencing hearing, Streicher addressed Stinson s family saying he was very sorry and that Caesar did not deserve to have his life end the way that it did. Streicher said the deadly crash haunts him every day and that he won t be the same person, and probably doesn t deserve to be. I do accept responsibility for what happened, I know it was a result of my actions I wish there was a better way to give the family closu