Re: OT: Hurricane Bertha


"Belba Grubb" <trungsisterfan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jo Schaper wrote:

Could you please explain what annular is? All I know is an annular
eclipse or annular tree rings, neither of which seems to fit the idea of
a hurricane.

The definition of an annular hurricane is deceptively simple: a
tropical cyclone with a large eye and symmetric convection on all
sides. IOW, it looks a ring, hence the name. In the really well-
developed ones, there are no convective bands at all.


My first hurricane had an eye that was a solid 'ring' if
there ever was one. Try sitting helplessly at home for
half the night watching the radar loop of this thing
coming straight at ya.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_pages/andrew1992/radar.html

The suspense is just incredible. As the thing steadily approaches
the sense of forboding grows by the minute, your imagination
starts to fly off the handle. About three hours before it
arrives all the tv and radio stations start dropping off
one by one until there's nothing but the wind to listen to.
And for those last couple of hours there's no way to know
if it turning towards you, or getting stronger or what.
You assume the worst and just have to ...sit there
and wait for it.




Barb
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"The substance of the winds is too thin for human eyes, their written
language is too difficult for human minds, and their spoken language
mostly too faint for the ears."
-- John Muir



" I Think that the root of the Wind is Water,
It would not sound so deep
Were it a firmamental product,
Airs no Oceans keep-
Mediterranean intonations,
To a Current's ear
There is a maritime conviction
In the atmosphere."



Emily Dickinson












Well, sometimes it can be too loud for human ears to bear.



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