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Weather or Not

Was that a hurricane?

Posted Friday, May 8, 2009, at 10:03 AM

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  • neat

    -- Posted by Skeptic1 on Fri, May 8, 2009, at 2:21 PM
  • Thanks, James; I think a lot of us had similar thoughts and I appreciate the education!

    D

    -- Posted by Iceburg on Sat, May 9, 2009, at 1:13 AM
  • Yes.

    It was called an Inland Hurricane, by the National Weather Service. Phenomenon that is quite rare.

    -- Posted by grandma73 on Sat, May 9, 2009, at 8:44 AM
  • Opps, is it in the article.

    -- Posted by grandma73 on Sat, May 9, 2009, at 8:46 AM
  • Well, I called it something other than a "Derecho".

    But still, a LOT of the same letters were still used in MY version....!

    -- Posted by donknome-2 on Sat, May 9, 2009, at 12:37 PM
  • I guess the 'name the Derecho' contest will have to be bleeped out. One thing similar to a tropical hurricane was TV newsclusters standing outside putting words into people's mouths and disrupting cleanup operations.

    -- Posted by blogbudsman on Mon, May 11, 2009, at 7:14 AM