History Teaches Us ????

[corydoras]

Newt:

...("technical" meaning I have no clue what they are showing).

I just had to check this out. Unfortunately I have not got an idea what it is all about either, although it is a pretty imressive looking site.

[Leon Roskilly]

Leon Roskilly:

Newt,

 

Don't be tempted to fish anywhere near Bermuda this weekend!

 

Tight Lines - leon

 

ps That's turning into a bloody BIG hurricane!

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?...storyID=3396894

 

"We are getting hammered. It's pretty unbelievable," said Jackie Brisson, reached by telephone at her home about 100 yards inland from Bermuda's south shore in Smith's Parish. "At the property in front of us, the yard is three feet under water and the sea wall is collapsing."

 

"The waves are coming over the roofs of the houses, which are 24 feet high. It's just terrible here. There is debris everywhere. My pool is covered in bits of porch and palm trees."

 

Maximum sustained winds were 120 mph, forecasters said.

 

Radio and television stations went off the air in the early afternoon as Fabian's northern eye wall, where some of the strongest winds are located, reached the island. Palm trees bent in the wind and utility poles tilted.

 

"The island is experiencing a tremendous degree of stress, a consequence mainly because we've never had to deal with a storm of this consequence since 1963," said government spokesman John Burchall, referring to Hurricane Arlene, which hit the island in August 40 years ago

 

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATC...l/052053.shtml?

 

FABIAN SHOULD BE EXTRATROPICAL BY 72 HOURS OVER THE COLD WATERS OF

THE NORTH ATLANTIC. HOWEVER...AS USUAL...IT IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN IF

FABIAN WILL WEAKEN OR BECOME A POWERFUL EXTRATROPICAL STORM AND IT

IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE EXACT TIMING OF THE

TRANSITION FROM TROPICAL TO EXTRATROPICAL.

 

hmmm! We could be due for some wind and rain early next week

 

TL - leon

 

[ 05. September 2003, 10:26 PM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

[davidP]

You might find this CNN Japlish version amusing (look at the full story as well)