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That comparison is a little misleading actually. A typhoon classified as a Super Typhoon is indeed equal to a strong cat 4 hurricane but only just barely on the low end. IOW a strong cat 4 is barely a Super Typhoon. A cat 4 is 130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h while a cat 5 is >157 mph, >252 km/h. Looking at the weather chart above shows Super typhoon Ruby is packing winds of 270 km/h, or 168 mph and gusting to 320 km/h, 199 mph.

Sounds like it's time to tie yourself to a mountain and hang on. Wishing all the best. The Philippines has had it's share of typhoons in the last year or two.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 504650, member: 39"] That comparison is a little misleading actually. A typhoon classified as a Super Typhoon is indeed equal to a strong cat 4 hurricane but only just barely on the low end. IOW a strong cat 4 is barely a Super Typhoon. A cat 4 is 130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h while a cat 5 is >157 mph, >252 km/h. Looking at the weather chart above shows Super typhoon Ruby is packing winds of 270 km/h, or 168 mph and gusting to 320 km/h, 199 mph. Sounds like it's time to tie yourself to a mountain and hang on. Wishing all the best. The Philippines has had it's share of typhoons in the last year or two. [/QUOTE]

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