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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (200930)	9/8/2004 8:27:58 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575094

"I was trying to explain to my cousin the contra coastal effect that you talked about" There is a current just off the Texas coast that flows north to south early in the hurricane season. When a hurricane comes into the Gulf low, it tends to direct them into Mexico. If they come in a little higher, they get pulled into the Texas Gulf coast. Later in the season, it reverses. And its influence on hurricanes changes. If a hurricane comes in higher, then it tends to push it towards Florida. But there are a lot of other factors that can also influence the path of a hurricane, so this isn't an absolute. After all, the one that kickstarted Dan Rather came in October...