Adding A Category 6 Does Not Solve The Real Issue
Even though adding a Category 6 would bring more awareness to the severity of hurricanes, it doesn’t bring awareness to the underlying issue. And that underlying issue, as mentioned, is increased global warming.
According to scientist James Kossin, “Tropical cyclone risk messaging is a very active topic, and changes in messaging are necessary to better inform the public about inland flooding and storm surge, phenomena that a wind-based scale is only tangentially relevant to. While adding a 6th category to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale would not solve that issue, it could raise awareness about the perils of the increased risk of major hurricanes due to global warming.” They’re more interested in raising awareness about the wind-risk hazard (News Center).