If it's a Category 3 at landfall, it's equivalent to 25 Category 1s,

If it's a Category 3 at landfall, it's equivalent to 25 Category 1s.

At this point, Rita has become a potentially very devastating Category 5 hurricane. Fortunately it's over the open ocean of the Gulf of Mexico, and will be over the open ocean for the next day. But we expect it to gradually make a turn to the north.

That was kind of my first impression: Wow, this one is deepening as quick as Andrew, ... It's larger.

I think that this is very good science and a very important paper, but I don't think it settles every question.

Fortunately, Zeta is more of a curiosity than a life-threatening event.