Stats, like wind in miles-per-hour? That seems arbitrary. Why not just use wind speed in plank-lengths per zeptosecond, then?

It's almost as if expressive abstractions are helpful for human understanding of large sets of numerical statistics, no?

nobody knows the difference between four and five and three and two. Its always on the news as a "warzone". so a real energy number would be nice.

A total energy level could help with total damage predictions, but, for the individual, wind speed and storm surge are key.