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To: alnick
No. It was a Cat 4 on landfall. Sometimes wind speed is increased on a quadrant of a storm due to the movement of the storm itself. If the storm is moving at 15 miles per hour and the wind speeds are 150, then the total will be 165. The same weakens the opposite quadrant (150 -> 135).
632 posted on 09/21/2005 7:49:34 AM PDT by burzum (Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.-Adm H Rickover)
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To: burzum

Thanks for that explanation.


1,014 posted on 09/21/2005 10:01:29 AM PDT by alnick
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