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To: sandintoes who wrote (2877)	9/17/2003 10:30:42 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6358

I think your personal experience is oddly enough reducing your understanding of hurricanes if it is causing you to think that every part of every hurricane has winds of over 100 mph. A hurricane is defined as winds over 75mph, and that is the fastest winds, the winds are not uniform. They get slower away from the area of maximum intensity. Technically if you are not hit by 75+ mph winds you are not hit by a hurricane but if a hurricane moves through your general area you can easily get hit high winds and rain without getting hit with hurricane force winds. Its not like there are 100mph winds and then within less then a mile there is little or no wind. The effect gradually dies off. Winds of less the 75 mph may effect a large area around the hurricane. Tim