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November 25, 2007
Creator of hurricane intensity
Creator of hurricane intensity scale dies (KIFI)
MIAMI (AP) - The structural engineer who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength has died. His son says Herbert Saffir died Wednesday in Florida from complications of surgery. He was 90.
Herbert Saffir, 90, Dies; Created Hurricane Scale (New York Times)
A structural engineer, Mr. Saffir created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength in 1969, laying out for the first time what kind of damage could be expected from an approaching hurricane.


