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I thought the hurricane was moving at about 15 to 20 knots, if the BBC's
terminology is to be beleived it will be over by lunch time!

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Orlando airport is closed and Miami routes badly disrupted as the hurricane
heads towards Florida at up to 145mph.
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keith.r.harris typed:
I thought the hurricane was moving at about 15 to 20 knots, if the
BBC's terminology is to be beleived it will be over by lunch time!

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Orlando airport is closed and Miami routes badly disrupted as the
hurricane heads towards Florida at up to 145mph.
snip

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Why doesn't that 'mistake' suprise me!
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keith.r.harris writes:
I thought the hurricane was moving at about 15 to 20 knots, if the BBC's
terminology is to be beleived it will be over by lunch time!

snip
Orlando airport is closed and Miami routes badly disrupted as the hurricane
heads towards Florida at up to 145mph.
snip


Sounds like whoever wrote that doesn't understand the distinction
between the speed of the winds within a system and the speed at which
the system itself moves.
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According to this forecast there is no hurricane at all...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/c...ca/index.shtml

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Stephen


"keith.r.harris" wrote in message
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I thought the hurricane was moving at about 15 to 20 knots, if the BBC's
terminology is to be beleived it will be over by lunch time!

snip
Orlando airport is closed and Miami routes badly disrupted as the

hurricane
heads towards Florida at up to 145mph.
snip

Keith (Southend)

http://www.southendweather.net





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Stephen Sumner, YachtingUniverse.com wrote:
According to this forecast there is no hurricane at all...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/c...ca/index.shtml

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Stephen


Click on "Wind" and Pressure and Precipitation" and there's an animated
hurricane to be seen...

Les



"keith.r.harris" wrote in message
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I thought the hurricane was moving at about 15 to 20 knots, if the
BBC's terminology is to be beleived it will be over by lunch time!

snip
Orlando airport is closed and Miami routes badly disrupted as the
hurricane heads towards Florida at up to 145mph.
snip

Keith (Southend)

http://www.southendweather.net


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keith.r.harris wrote:
I thought the hurricane was moving at about 15 to 20 knots, if the BBC's
terminology is to be beleived it will be over by lunch time!

snip
Orlando airport is closed and Miami routes badly disrupted as the hurricane
heads towards Florida at up to 145mph.
snip

Keith (Southend)

http://www.southendweather.net




Their graphic at the bottom of this story is also laughable:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/ame...621794.stm#map

Hurricane centres!! When??


Steve
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