On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:16:52 +0100, Rodney Blackall
wrote:


That means "umbrellas may be blown inside out".

And that reminds me-can anyone point to a good site which gives the
slightly old fashioned 'land'version of the Beaufort Scale - the one
that refers to umbrellas (at about 4 or 5 on the scale); also the
marine version AND does the US one go up to 17 or so?
R