> Harvey in 2017 was damaging due to its consistent rain over the area as it stalled.
The outsider impression that I took away was that a major reason why Houston got so rekt by a mere Cat 2 hurricane was in large part driven by property developers building communities in low lying areas that the Army Corp of Engineers had designated as "emergency spillways"[1][2]...the Army knew about the risk, the city turned a blind eye, and the devil in the details weren't disclosed to homebuyers.
Perhaps there's more to the story?
> While I'm not against a cat 6 or higher rating existing, for the sake of human communication "cat 5" means "get the hell out of there" already.
I agree, but skipping town isn't always an option even if you wanted to; experienced two such events[3][4] on Guam as a kid.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/22/us/houston-ha...
[2] https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2021/how-houston-f...