--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Certain interpretations; > > > > Of this ancient means of prediction; > > > > Indicate a possible hit of the nations capital; > > > > By Hurricane Ophelia.. > > > > Stayed Tuned! > > > > R.Gimbel Seattle,WA..USA > > There is no way in God's green earth that a hurricane > could hit Washigton, DC. The problem is that a > hurricane draws its strength from warm water. the > warmer the water, the more powerful the hurricane. > Once a hurricane hits land it loses it primary source > of energy and "coasts" on it accumulated energy slowly > loosing wind speed until it becomes a tropical storm > and then breaks apart. DC is too far inland. If a > hurricane hits it, it will be very, very weak. >
Well, weaker anyway: "In 1954, for example, Hurricane Hazel hit Washington with winds of 90 mph and dumped far more than the 2.5 inches of rain Isabel deposited. In 1972 Hurricane Agnes did not have much wind, but it packed far more rain and flooding than Isabel. Agnes wrecked the C&O Canal and washed out the footbridges at Great Falls. The Washington area also has had "nor'easters" and winter storms more severe than Isabel, including the snowfall of Feb. 22, 1979, and the famous Knickerbocker storm in the 1930s. When Isabel hit us, it was not even a hurricane, but a tropical storm with maximum gusts of about 60 mph. [BRUCE N. SHULMAN, WASHINGTON POST]" http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/ProRev/dctrends.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
