Re: Hurricane Ian
Tim Merrigan <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.callahans |
|---|---|
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 16:36:52 -0700, Barry Gold <[email protected]> wrote: >On 10/3/2022 3:22 PM, Tim Merrigan wrote: >> On Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:57:00 -0500, D.J. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 10:27:41 -0700, Freyja <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 9/28/2022 09:59, D.J. wrote: >>>>> On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:36:35 -0500, D.J. <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Looks to be headed towards Florida, but it could stilll shift off >>>>>> to the west. >>>>>> >>>>>> Good luck out there ! >>>>> >>>>> The hurricane is coming ashore in central Florida. This morning the >>>>> winds were 2 miles per hour below a CAT 5. >>>>> >>>>> TheNational Hurricane Center website. >>>>> >>>>> www.nhc.noaa.gov >>>>> >>>> >>>> I have a sister in FL. She should be okay. >>> >>> It is now a Nor'Easter heading up the coast around New Jersey. >>> -- >>> Jim >> >> Wouldn't that be a SouEaster? > >No. Designations like Nor'Easter refer to the direction the wind is >blowing from at the speaker's location. Hurricanes have a circular wind >pattern, and are usually counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. > >So if Ian is sitting in the Atlantic somewhere off the coast of New >York, the most likely direction of winds in NYC is from the Northeast. >Hence... Is/was it still a hurricane when it got to the North East? -- Qualified immunity = virtual impunity. Tim Merrigan -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com