Originally posted by Eternal Idol
There's a very good reason why that chart stops at Category F5.... BECAUSE F5'S ARE THE MOST INTENSE A TORNADO HAS EVER BEEN WITNESSED. Any category higher than F5 is THEORETICAL.
This does not mean anything. We have to go by what the character has accomplished in canon. Keep in mind that this is fantasy and writers can use artistic license when portraying a character's powers. Storm has accomplished feats well beyond the scope of any F5 tornado or Category 5 hurricane.
She has redirected the full power of Sienna Blaze, she's taxed Magneto's powers to their utmost when on the page before, the combined power of Cyclops, Colossus and Wolverine could not even scratch his power (in other words, the issue gave Magneto his full credit and just wrote Storm's winds as being just that powerful), she lifted a skyscraper with her winds and, as a child, when her will, power and body were weakened, she flew a 747 completely under her own power for an extended length of time. She's also covered vast distances which would have required speeds greater than sound for it to happen in the context of the story. CC stated himself that Ororo can generate winds over the speed of sound. Considering the fact that he wrote most of these stunts and they go well beyond the F5 or Category 5, your arguments are blown out of the water. Don't tell me she lifted a skyscraper with 300 mph winds or redirected Sienna Blaze with that or taxed Magneto. Its a stupid assertion that does not explain what she accomplished or what the writer said.