"When you talk about winds 80 plus miles an hour... I believe a category 1 hurricane is somewhere around 74 miles an hour - we can double-check that with Rob Mayeda - but you're talking about hurricane force winds, and this is what happens. Things get blown around, trees fall over, people can be knocked off their feet, trucks topple over, you know, we're seeing all kinds of things out there." --NBC-11 co-anchor, ignoring the fact that the Saffir-Simpson hurricane classification scale takes into account sustained winds (the one-minute average).
A single gust over 80 mph somewhere in the Bay Area doesn't quite make the cutoff. And even if it did, as hurricanes go, consider this description of a category one hurricane:
"Category One: This type of hurricane is the least violent compared to the other categories. The storm surge is about 4-5 feet above normal. Usually there is no major damage to structures on land, except for mobile homes that may not be anchored to the ground. Vegetation, such as trees or shrubs, may be damaged. Some coastal flooding may occur. "
Trees or shrubs, BEWARE!
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