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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (332)9/5/2004 11:04:09 PM
From: CalculatedRisk  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 26053
 
When I lived on Guam, I lived through a typhoon. Same as a hurricane, just a different name. Weird.

Both typhoons and hurricanes are cyclones. That is why the Navy uses that term.



To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (332)9/5/2004 11:08:42 PM
From: Triffin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 26053
 
cyclone tracking site.

One other quirk .. southern hemisphere
cyclones rotate in the opposite direction
( clockwise ) due to Coriolis Effect ..

Triff ..