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Key points, since there’s a lot of filler.
It was a couple of crucial choices in developing the EF scale – plus a rounding issue – that led to the apparent EF5 “drought,” according to the new study.
As the study notes: “Under the strictest application of the EF scale, to attain an EF5 rating from a single-family home being swept off its foundation, the home must technically be built above building code, which is a fundamental break from the F scale and will inherently reduce the number of EF5 DIs found in surveys.”
Thank you. So it is just cause americans have adopted yet another stupid measurment unit that doesn’t work well in reality.