Maximum sustained wind 50% of the geostrophic wind speed aloft; while over open water or ice, the reduction is between 10% and 30%. In most basins, maximum sustained winds are used to define their category. In the Atlantic and northeast Pacific oceans, the Saffir–Simpson scale is used. This scale can be used to determine possible storm surge and damage impact on land. In most basins, the category of the tropical cyclone (for example, tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane/typhoon, super typhoon, depression, deep depression, intense tropical cyclone) is determined from the cyclone's maximum sustained wind. Only in Australia is this quantity not used to
Ropin' the Wind RIAA in 1998. In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts. It has gone to sell 17 million copies worldwide. The track "Shameless" is a cover of a Billy Joel song, previously recorded on his 1989 album "Storm Front". According to music review website Allmusic, "Ropin' the Wind" is the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Brooks commented on the album saying: ""Ropin' the Wind" was what we called the son of "Fences". "Ropin' the Wind" was made in