Catarina a "Mystery", Occured in 3 Phases (Photo)

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Tubarão - The climatic phenomenon Catarina, which affected 39 towns in Santa Catarina and parts of Rio Grande do Sul, or some 200 kilometres of the coast is detailed in three parts by the Climerh/Epagri, Meteorology Institute of the government of Santa Catarina. The meteorologist Clóvis Corrêa explains that the beginning of the incident occurred at around 9:00 pm Saturday, and the peak of the first band ocurred at around midnight, with winds over 150 km/hour, knocking down trees and destroying many homes.

In the upcoming days, areas affected will experience some variabilities in the weather with some rains and strong winds. "There is not a possibility of a new storm affecting the region with the same intensity in the near future," foresees the specialist.

After this period, two hours ocurred in calmness, quickly giving way to the Monday band, even stronger than the first one. "Winds and squalls, during that moment, pulled out roofs and poles", affirms the meteorologist. The specialist explains that the eye of the hurricane occurs in slower and less active form, so it practically does not cause damages.



Donations - The Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina initiated yesterday a donations collection campaign due to the cyclone in the south of the State. The donations should be directed to the Assembly headquartes, in the Center of Florianópolis.

The campaign coordinator, Fernando Damásio, said that any type of donation is welcome, because there are families that have lost everything with the storm and they need clothes, mattresses, blankets and non-perishable foods. The main need is for infant items, such as disposable diapers and powdered milk.

Still according to Damásio, the donations of people who live in the interior of the State should only be made in the ranks of the Military Police (PM). This measure aims to guarantee that the donations will be same delivered to the needy ones.[img][/img][img][/img][img][/img]

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Catarina remains a mystery

Florianópolis - The phenomenon "Catarina" should be explained and defined throughout the course of the week. The climatic occurrence, intially named an extratropical cyclone, afterwards a category 1 hurricane, and now a subtropical cyclone, is creating confusion just because of its unprecedence in Brazil and South America.

Major Oliveira, of the 1º Battalion of Firemen of Florianópolis, responsible in the region affected by the phenomenon, said that the subtropical event is different from the extratropical cyclone and the hurricane, in the force of the winds, smaller than that of a hurricane, and a variation in the air temperature.

Those characteristics, at the moment, create the assumption that the phenomenon "Catarina", is indeed a subtropical cyclone. "The area affected and the extent of the impact is smaller than the damage caused by a hurricane", designated the Major Oliveira. During the event, waves were measured at 4 meters above sea level, while normally it would be 1 1/2 meters of height.

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I find completely amusing that they are still scratching their heads and trying to figure out what was it that landed on their country. Oh God! An ALIEN!!

It looks like they don't like to listen to other countries opinions or views on some matters. If they are REAL meteorologists, didn't they study in college what is the definition of a hurricane? I still don't understand their definition. More so, haven't they seen a satellite picture of a hurricane at least on a textbook? Or heard about the news of a hurricane striking land elsewhere in the world??

This is becoming truly amazing! A subtropical "event" now? Oh, please!

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"The area affected and the extent of the impact is smaller than the damage caused by a hurricane."

So, now, it was too small to have been a hurricane? Tell that to the people who were in the Florida Keys when the tiny 1935 Labor Day hurricane hit. Camille was no giant either, and Andrew was hardly huge. Those are the three worst strikes on the the USA during the 20th century.