# Tropical Storms become hurricanes at 74 mph, why? GOD=7\_4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 28, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875 "2012-08-28T00:03:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/81 "2012-08-28T04:43:18Z")
It appears that the OP’s pattern recognition unit is stuck in the ‘on’ position. He or she may want to have that looked at. ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/82 "2012-08-28T04:43:53Z")
billfish, There Are No Coincidences. Religion(74) has been teaching this for ~7,000 years. And science through the _Big Bang theory, chaos theory_, and _unified strings (U21 S19) theory_ has proven that **everything is interconnected. Everything that happens affects everything else.** “Anytime an idea is connect(74) to nature, it’s not only logical - it was inevitable.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/83 "2012-08-28T04:44:17Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The point where you can’t tell the difference between the real thing and parody. yeah thats what Im asking. Is this Poe’s law? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/84 "2012-08-28T04:49:56Z")
I hear it’s amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-kiri Rock. I need scissors ! 61 ! ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/85 "2012-08-28T05:05:48Z")
Marley23, You know very well that there’s no noticeable difference between(74) 74 & 75 mph winds. So why not use the 3/4 measurement of 75? The media will only designate a _Category 1_ hurricane at 75 mph. Well, now everybody here knows why a T.S.(39) becomes a hurri.(74): **GOD=7\_4**. Thanks for correcting me about “Ancient Egyptians did not use the foot. The Greeks and ancient civilizations did, but not Egypt.” I got confused. I knew the Pharoah’s cubit was used as I elluded to, and then **they added a palm to make the _Royal cubits_(74) 7 palms x 4 fingers to satisfy “As above, so below”.** Had you known that? I googled **foot measurement origin** and went on _Wikipedia_ (which I’ve been editing for years) and found **“Archeologists believe that the Egyptians, Mesopotamians favoured the cubit while the Romans and the Greeks favoured the foot.”** Thanks again for helping me get my foot out of my mouth! :o ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/86 "2012-08-28T05:13:01Z")
Viscera, If you were really a meteorologist, I seriously doubt that while T.S. Isaac is about to become a hurricane and slam into New Orleans, you’d be on this forum. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/87 "2012-08-28T05:17:33Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > yeah thats what Im asking. Is this Poe’s law? [Yes.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_Law) > [@](#): > > Poe’s law, named after its author Nathan Poe, is an Internet adage reflecting the fact that without a clear indication of the author’s intent, it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and an exaggerated parody of extremism. It started out about fundamentalism, but these days is typically applied to extremists in general. ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/88 "2012-08-28T05:17:56Z")
IvoryTowerDenizen, Please reread the op and its follow-up (Post #75). I listed many examples in nature of the combination of 7 & 4, i.e. the phases of the lunar months(74) is 4 phases of ~7.4 days each. You gotta read for better retention. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/89 "2012-08-28T05:25:14Z")
Marley23, Are you an atheist? You mock with “why the speed limit bears the mark of the divine”, but consider this. I see 65 mph speed limits all the time on I-95 & the Florida Turnpike. I keep it at 74 mph where I know I won’t get ticketed and I AM invoking GOD=7\_4. 😛 Synchronism: 01:23 “What kind of numbers are we talking about?” - _Weather Channel_ ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/90 "2012-08-28T05:31:04Z")
runner pat, My point(74) is **GOD=7\_4 is real**. Are you familiar with the _ **Piss Poe Law** _? That’s when one spends too much time on the Internet writing for unappreciative dumb asses and forgets to make some money, therefore, becoming ‘piss poe’. I see where you have 9,774 posts(74). Cool!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/91 "2012-08-28T05:37:49Z")
Sitnam, How many beers have you had? Are you on your seventh(7)? Four(4), maybe? 😕 Synchronism: 01:35 “We’re showing about a 47 mph wind now” - Weather Channel ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Watson_Miami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/92 "2012-08-28T05:44:03Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > All One God Faith! Dilute! OK! Ludovic, Do you believe in GOD? I just proved that there is a _Grand Architect of this Universe_ thru **GOD=7\_4**. 😃 Synchronism: 01:41 Will they heed the warning?" - \*Weather Channel \* ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/93 "2012-08-28T06:14:25Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > Ethilrist, > > GOD takes note of your flippant attitude towards Him. :mad: Hope he does. Largest asshole ever created by humans. I’m anxious to hear about Barak Obama being the anti-Christ. Can’t wait for that math lesson! ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/94 "2012-08-28T06:20:24Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > The 74th reply is a review… > > Besides Earth, this solar system has 7 planets & 4 trans-Neptunian dwarf planets. Incorrect. There are EIGHT planets if you don’t count Earth. > [@](#): > > GOD/nature created Hurri. Isaac to continue the curses He/She has put on Americans - primarily RepubliCONs - because of their sins, i.e. greed, excess luxury, prejudice, violence/gun proliferation, and following profits instead of prophets. Point #1–Would you mind telling us what sin was being punished by the Galveston hurricane of 1900? It was **by far** the deadliest hurricane in American history. > **[1900 Galveston hurricane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_Hurricane_of_1900)** > > The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, was a deadly and catastrophic Atlantic hurricane which became the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season, it left between 6,000 and 12,000 fatalities in the United States; the number most cited in official reports is 8,000. Most of these deaths occurr On Augus... Point #2–This may come as a shock to you, but the level of violence in this country is the lowest in at least 35 years. (Hint: check the FBI stats.) Point #3–You do realize, I hope, that Hollywood–one of the biggest symbols of greed, etc.–consistently and overwhelmingly votes Democratic. > [@](#): > > Everyone must choose GOD or GOP Sorry–I choose both. [parody] In fact, it’s obvious that God _chose_ the GOP, in the person of Lincoln, to cleanse the taint of slavery from the land. [/parody] ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/95 "2012-08-28T06:20:57Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > Ludovic, > > Do you believe in GOD? I just proved that there is a _Grand Architect of this Universe_ thru **GOD=7\_4**. 😃 No, you didn’t prove anything. And no, there isn’t any god or gods, and there is no “architect of the universe”. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/96 "2012-08-28T06:32:59Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > No, you didn’t prove anything. And no, there isn’t any god or gods, and there is no “architect of the universe”. boo spoil sport (6\_3) ---
**Author:** ![ric62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/97 "2012-08-28T07:04:57Z")
Does this guy also do the labels for Dr. Bronner’s products? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/98 "2012-08-28T07:08:18Z")
HA! You made me spot out beer, ric! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/99 "2012-08-28T08:03:28Z")
13 attributes of mercy; 12 tribes; 11 stars; 10 commandments; 9 months of birth; 8 days of circumcision; 7 days of the week; 6 books of the Mishnah; 5 books of the Torah; 4 mothers; 3 fathers; 2 tablets of law; 1 God, in heaven and earth. And a partridge in a pear tree. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/100 "2012-08-28T08:34:45Z")
…and in the _southern_ hemisphere, the OP makes perfect sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875.md?page=6)