Highest sustained windspeed in a hurricane?

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#21 Postby Dean4Storms » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:39 pm

Could you imagine sustained winds of 190mph?

Talk about having a bad day.
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Re: Highest sustained windspeed in a hurricane?

#22 Postby caneman » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:47 pm

That would be a bad day + a bad night + a lifetime of recurring trauma of the event. That is of course if you lived to tell about it.
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Re: Highest sustained windspeed in a hurricane?

#23 Postby caneman » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:48 pm

Frank,

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your day with the NHC folks.
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#24 Postby Frank2 » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:28 am

caneman,

Thanks - I appreciate that...

As Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) once said, "I could live a week off a compliment!"

Frank
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#25 Postby Ptarmigan » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:01 pm

Dean4Storms wrote:Could you imagine sustained winds of 190mph?

Talk about having a bad day.


Talk about a traumatic event right there!
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