# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/101 "2012-08-28T09:51:57Z")
Wow(ee288c144b8511a4918d0dae5a98ce4f) numerology(99b873a31ada03a76ebdc795e70c67d2) is(7e1b6dbfa824d5d114e96981cededd00) neat(6122a9aee128d073d2d1a4cc13ebcb41)! I’m gonna(3511abd0c563277c3d4e784d1d7feb6f) randomly put numbers(426f8401232ba50bc8537cc259e3c8ef) next to my text from now(e4c8860ad5fd9da4bfa1b158e1c76670) on. That sure helps with the clarity, and apparently God(68058ebe07b78971fe21c21bcd28bd4b)'s into it. I hope he likes md5sums. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/102 "2012-08-28T10:28:02Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > With the naked eye, the ancients could see 7 moving objects(74) in the heavens(74) and 4 don’t cast shadows(74) on Earth. stupid question ,but what is the second and the third moving object thats casts a shadow?(is the moon is number one?) Dr. Sheldon Cooper:The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror (37) is the 12th and its mirror (21) is the product of multiplying 7 and 3. … In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001 which backwards is 1001001." ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/103 "2012-08-28T11:51:19Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > Lightnin’, > > You didn’t reply to the info in the op. > > “Time Cube?” No. Why not start another thread explaining that. It appears to be OFF-TOPIC here. Off topic? No- I suspect that if you do a search for “Time Cube”, you’ll find a kindred spirit. The two of you have much in common, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/104 "2012-08-28T12:04:40Z")
> [@Brad](#): > > If you were paying attention to Weather Channel & CNN today, they were reporting that a military plane went inside Isaac and measured the winds at 74 mph (17:00 EDT), yet they withheld upgrading it to a hurri. That may be due to criteria requiring _sustained_ winds at 74 mph or greater for hurricane designation. On the Beaufort scale, what’s the wind velocity at which warts can no longer hear the Wart Whisperer whispering to them? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/105 "2012-08-28T12:38:35Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/106 "2012-08-28T12:42:00Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > 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. 😛 List all the examples you want, still doesn’t answer my question. And I take note of your flippant response. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/107 "2012-08-28T12:58:15Z")
This reminds me of a card trick. The first part involves getting someone to pick a card, and you know the card. (For example, one time a roommate had his trunk unlocked. I slipped a card in there before he locked it. Later I played the trick. There are a number of other ways to do this.) Let’s say it’s the 9 of hearts. Ask, “Pick any two suits”. If the mark says “hearts and spades”, you ask, “OK, pick one of those”. If he said “spades and clubs”, you respond “OK, what does that leave us?” and the answer is “hearts and diamonds”. For any answer, if it’s the “right” one, you go that way. If it’s the wrong one, you go the other way. Include what you want, exclude what you don’t. Rule down to one suit, then binary search by number. Lead inexorably to the card. Surprisingly, few people notice the leading, the first time the trick is played. ```auto When you know the answer you want to get, it's really easy to get there. That's why this trick works just as well in Latin, French, Spanish, and with any book you might select. And any number you might want to pick. Likewise, you can find any pattern in random noise. OMG, THAT can't possibly be a coincidence! Finally, the more emphatically one says something, the truer it must be. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/108 "2012-08-28T13:09:35Z")
> [@Learjeff](#): > > Finally, the more emphatically one says something, the truer it must be. Now you’re just being Snarky 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/109 "2012-08-28T13:52:56Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > 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’. > [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > Sitnam, > > How many beers have you had? Are you on your seventh(7)? Four(4), maybe? 😕 Alright, enough. **Brad Watson, Miami** , no more obnoxious colors and fonts, and do not insult anyone else or I will ban your account. I realize your ideas are being mocked (no surprise there), but other posters are following the rules and you are not. You can mock their ideas, but you can’t insult other posters by implying they are dumbasses or saying they are drunk. Last chance. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/110 "2012-08-28T14:07:21Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > 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. 😛 If you had real faith you would do that in a parking lot, a school zone, or a residential street. Also, I’m really surprised that God not only sends messages, but does it in English. And not just any English, but modern English. And not just modern English but modern American English. At least His messages aren’t coded in ebonics or Lolcat speak…or are they? ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/111 "2012-08-28T14:21:25Z")
\*\*Brad Watson, Miami \*\*, take note! Marley23’s warning to you was in post #109. **109-74** is the CAS # for **Butyronitrile**. The GHS signal word for Butyronitrile is **DANGER.** All of this can be proven here: [Butyronitrile - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyronitrile) So take heed, Brad Watson, Miami, take heed. Your days here may indeed be numbered. :eek: ---
**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, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/112 "2012-08-28T14:29:38Z")
kunilou, “Nobody here believes…” You claim to speak for everybody here?! Maybe you wan’t to retract that? And get used to seeing **CONservative RepubliCON CONvention**. It’s quite accurate, right? 😛 Now they we’ve gone way OFF-TOPIC, do you have any comment or question on hurri.(74) and/or GOD=7\_4. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/113 "2012-08-28T14:35:35Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > And not just any English, but modern English. MELT WITH YOU has 4 + 4 + 3 letters = 4 + 7 = 74! ---
**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, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/114 "2012-08-28T14:37:14Z")
GIGObuster, That was a rather insulting reply. Just what data exactly do you have a problem with? Do you question that **GOD=704**? Do you question the Mason(47)s encoded stuff like the _Declaration of Independence, Constitution,_ and _Statue of Liberty_ with **sacred geometry/gematria** , i.e. **GOD=7\_4, 7/4=_July 4th_**? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/115 "2012-08-28T14:38:29Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > Are you an atheist? Yes. > [@](#): > > 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. Because you’re speeding by only a small amount that probably would not get attention from a cop unless you’re weaving between lanes and exceeding the speed of traffic. Anyway in Florida it’s easier to ticket the bluehairs who are driving too slowly. 😉 > [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > You know very well that there’s no noticeable difference between(74) 74 & 75 mph winds. You said there was: > [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > At 74 mph/64 knots sustained winds, the storm now takes on attributes that all weather experts agree is a hurricane There are no attributes. > [@](#): > > So why not use the 3/4 measurement of 75? Because 64 knots is about 73.6 miles per hour. That’s 74, not 75. Why 64 knots and not 65 (74.8 mph)? I’m not sure. I can tell you that I’m sure this Bible Code mumbo-jumbo is not the reason. > [@](#): > > You apparently don’t believe in GOD or 'interconnectedness", correct? Do you believe in randomness and coincidences? Sure. It makes a lot more sense than trying to figure out the universe using alphabet soup. > [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > 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:[/SIZE] I’m trying to imagine how you think this works. Do you believe that when there is a hurricane, every meteorologist in the country needs to convene in one place and watch the storm together? They can’t monitor the storm online- they have to sit together in front of a screen and watch storm tracking radar every minute of the day? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/116 "2012-08-28T14:39:28Z")
**enough with big writing and colors.** ---
**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, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/117 "2012-08-28T14:47:57Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > I find antipsychotics help. Lisa Curl, Making jokes about irresponsibly taking strong drugs is just that - irresponsible. Do you have a drug problem. ☹ Now can we get back ON-TOPIC? Any comment or question about hurri.(74) and GOD=7\_4? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/118 "2012-08-28T14:54:30Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > Lisa Curl, > > Making jokes about irresponsibly taking strong drugs is just that - irresponsible. Do you have a drug problem. ☹ > > Now can we get back ON-TOPIC? Any comment or question about hurri.(74) and GOD=7\_4? Sure. It is total nonsense unsupported by reason, facts or logic. ---
**Author:** ![Latro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@Latro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latro)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/119 "2012-08-28T14:58:56Z")
Besides, the word is hurricane, not hurri. So it isn’t 74. Plus you can’t just ignore the ‘o’ in God. It’s there for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875/120 "2012-08-28T15:00:00Z")
> [@Brad\_Watson\_Miami](#): > > Everyone must choose GOD or GOP > > “The Christian Right is Neither!” > > Jesus was the BIGGEST liberal in history![/SIZE] So Brad is a liberal. Whew. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875.md?page=7)