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Damn! That eye is HUGE!

159 posted on 08/28/2005 2:55:31 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)

My mouse says it's about 32 miles across. Definitely not fun.

178 posted on 08/28/2005 2:57:33 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)

Damn! That eye is HUGE!

From Accuweather.com:

"This is truly fascinating. Sunday, Hurricane Katrina was causing winds from 175 to 215 mph. These extreme winds were occurring in the eye wall of the storm. Now compare that to an F3 tornado which has winds from 158 to 206 mph. At full throttle Sunday, Katrina was actually more powerful. Also consider that an F3 tornado is 300 yards in diameter on average while Katrina's eye wall is 25 miles across. What this amounts to is that Hurricane Katrina has all the devastating chracteristics of a 25 mile wide tornado."

237 posted on 08/28/2005 3:03:49 PM PDT by lightman (The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised.)

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