joshoctober16
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il try to find the 3-4 sources i got this fromThe new EF scale looks like 8 steps fowards , 2 steps in place and 2 steps back.
lets start with the good
1:Frame house have been split into 2
2:metal building systems have been sub split into (non hurricane zone and hurricane zone)
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3:the 2 mobile home di have been merged
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4:tree fall pattern(forest damage or multi-tree) di added (helpful to stop underrating tornadoes)
5:Farm silos and grain bins have di (farm silos helpful for less underrated tornadoes)
6:center pivot irrigation system is now di
7:Wind Turbines di added
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8:radar ratings can be used?
(this one is not 100% sure but it looks like it will be in, unsure how it will look like
9:frame houses wind speed make more sense for the poor/strong build ones
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that is all the big good things the new EF scale will be able to do, there are a bunch of other smaller good updates , and 2 that are kind of.... both a upgrade and downgrade?