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So an example is Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in South Carolina in 2018. It came in as a category one. And the low danger rating didn't alert communities to catastrophic flooding. It killed 55 people in the southeastern US. So Collins, she put another statement and a quote from her. Frequently, people use this form as a category to decide whether to evacuate. Does that make sense? And the incredibly dangerous doesn't get incredibly dangerous because if they hear it's only a tropical storm or category one too often, there's no real alarm goes off for them. And they see no cause for concern. People will often just stay in place. So to look at the SSHW's shortcoming, she and some of her colleagues produced an alternative hurricane warning system in 2021. And that was referred to as the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale, or TCSS. And this system has six categories and takes into account wind speed, storm surge, and rainfall. And that's the three largest hazards from hurricanes.