To: Belle Rouge
From the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary;
- Hurricane: a violent wind which has a circular movement, especially found in the West Atlantic Ocean
- Cyclone: a violent tropical storm or wind in which the air moves very fast in a circular direction
- Typhoon: a violent wind which has a circular movement, found in the West Pacific Ocean
So basically they're all the same, it just depends on the location.
5 posted on
07/09/2006 7:25:49 AM PDT by
Condor51
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To: Condor51
So in the interest of Multioceanic equality we should
name the storms, #1. Hurricane Ann, #2. Cyclone Bill,
#3. Typhoon Cindy......repeat.
I actually prefer Typhoon, although Divine Wind comes a
close second.
6 posted on
07/09/2006 7:31:19 AM PDT by
tet68
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