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To: COEXERJ145; philsfan24
220 kph = 136.7 mph, 250 kph = 155.34 mph

figure the odds that someone forgot to convert.

26 posted on 08/31/2006 9:51:59 AM PDT by ASA Vet (3.03)
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To: ASA Vet

That sounds more likely


29 posted on 08/31/2006 9:58:06 AM PDT by brothers4thID (Being lectured by Ted Kennedy on ethics is not unlike being lectured on dating protocol by Ted Bundy)
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To: ASA Vet

The second article quotes winds of 300 KPH, and so the 220 MPH just might be right.


30 posted on 08/31/2006 9:58:15 AM PDT by GarySpFc (Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
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To: ASA Vet
figure the odds that someone forgot to convert.

That's probably right. Fox News just interviewed a colonel at Hickam Air Force Base who gave figures closer to your conversions.

The said the entire island was probably more than 30 feet underwater at peak of the storm.

31 posted on 08/31/2006 10:00:23 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: ASA Vet

that makes sense. maximum sustained winds of 220mph would set a world hurricane record.


50 posted on 08/31/2006 10:37:32 AM PDT by philsfan24
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