# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 109
**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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storms-become-hurricanes-at-74-mph-why-god-7_4/632875)._