On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 04:10, Sharrea Day wrote: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 20:04, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > Three weeks ago the south-eastern coast of Australia was hit with winds > > that blasted us in excess of 140kph - causing damage and panic, loss of > > power and utilities, homes, a few lives - how come y'all don't hear a > > damn thing about that back in Yankland? Not a one person mentioned > > anything in the past three weeks about it...hmmm? > > > > Yet - the entire world has to know about a storm that hits the > > US...strange that is, don't ya reckon? > > Yeah... an' the South Island, NZ got hit with 170kph winds just a few days > ago an' notawordaboutit??? > > Sharrea
We (I, at least) had heard of the 'superphoon' they were calling it, but you are so right that it was blasted off the headlines by a tropical storm heading right to DC. but they were both some record storms a week before. they said the eyewall wind speed of Isabel was the highest they had ever measured from a hurricane hunter plane, and the same night they were also mentioning the 'superphoon', but I thought it was much north of you all,,, last I heard. -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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