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Gert big storm heading our way?

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N_Cook

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Aug 14, 2017, 3:52:09 AM8/14/17
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how often does a 74 to 110mph system get beyond 40 degrees north?

N_Cook

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Aug 14, 2017, 3:53:17 AM8/14/17
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On 14/08/2017 08:52, N_Cook wrote:
> http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?cone#contents
> how often does a 74 to 110mph system get beyond 40 degrees north?

wrong bit of usenet

John Robertson

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Aug 14, 2017, 1:34:09 PM8/14/17
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43.63N,79.38W (close enough?)

Not to mention that in 1954 Toronto had a hurricane visit...I was a wee
lad at the time, but I recall the stories told afterwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Hazel_in_Canada

It seems that not long before hurricane Hazel dropped by the city
fathers were developing the cities ravines, considering that they didn't
seem to have any real use. After Hazel they were left to act as they
always were supposed to act - flood funnels down to lake Ontario!

John :-#(#

bitrex

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Aug 17, 2017, 12:36:11 PM8/17/17
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On 08/14/2017 03:52 AM, N_Cook wrote:
> http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?cone#contents
> how often does a 74 to 110mph system get beyond 40 degrees north?

One Nantucket resident died due to rip currents generated by the storm,
beaches here on the South Shore are under a high surf advisory today.

<http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/08/16/nantucket-nobadeer-beach-drowning/>

N_Cook

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Aug 17, 2017, 12:51:31 PM8/17/17
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The "our" of the title , intended for UK and
uk.sci.weather
oddly being nullified by an ordinary Atlantic depression it would seem
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