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Franklin (2011, hereafter F11), in his comments on Powell et al. (2009, hereafter PUK), makes two main points, both concerning the issue of what factor observed flight-level reconnaissance winds in hurricanes should be multiplied by to estimate a surface wind. First, F11 offers some explanations for the differences between the earlier study of Franklin et al. (2003, hereafter FBV) and the results of PUK, and states that he believes that PUK have misrepresented FBV. We shall discuss his interpretation of the differences below, and refute the accusation of misrepresentation. Second, F11 argues that a value higher than that found by PUK is appropriate to account for undersampling of the surface wind by the measurements, and states that PUK’s findings do not justify altering the current intensity estimation practice used at the NHC.