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Neutral - I also don't use ratings higher than EF5, mostly because as a meteorology student it just feels weird to me. The EF scale is open ended so that a tornado that deforms a reinforced high-rise building will be rated EF5, but an "insane tornado" that sweeps away that same building without a trace would still be rated EF5. Even if the EF scale wasn't open-ended, I have no idea what kind of damage or wind speeds would give a tornado an EF6 or higher rating. Plenty of tornadoes have done absolutely ridiculous levels of damage and still been rated F5/EF5, or in some cases even F4/EF4.