(some of which are reading this garbage in utter dismay)
Well, at least this is the case for one.
Feel better now, nic? You know I would have agreed with the majority of what you said until I read this particular line. I certainly wasn't out to "lambast" anyone, I can speak for no one else, and while it's obvious we got off into yet another tangential debate (while struggling to pull it back to topic), I wouldn't agree that it is "garbage" which, to me, seems a very subjective assessment tantamount to little less than a not-so-subtle slap on the wrist (perhaps deserved) ... but then again, the old addage goes "one man's food is another's poison" --just substitute "garbage" for "poison".... so be it. But before you reach for that Maalox, consider this: rest assured the brilliant minds will, hopefully, return to the topic. I might also suggest that a lot of what has taken place here is only consequent to people with some fairly frayed nerves, and equally in "dismay", who are still living in this nightmare and very tired of having some people telling them from an outside area what they went through--and that also gets to where one could, as you perhaps not tactfully, but decidedly aptly put it--"puke". That get's rather old. as well--and I'm sure we both know how "old" food sits in the stomach. Sometimes simply expressing one's frustrations after hearing something being repeated and repeated, over and over--grants one a therapeutic catharsis... With no offense intended, your post is an object lessson in exactly this principle: I suspect, and certainly hope, you felt much better after the nanny-lecture you've given to the brilliant minds who've produced the aforementioned garbage.
Now in deference to the "pretty please"... and frankly, all fairness to the originator of the thread--more topic related:
storms in NC, we have strong depressions in the UK that down Oak Trees
Yes, I've heard about such storms, KWT, in fact I've read about "storms" that are almost as rough as "major" hurricanes (although obviously not tropical--hence not hurricanes)..striking the UK and North Sea areas. I don't know what region of the UK you live in; but perhaps folks along the North Sea coast, or along that peninsula extending forward out into the Atlantic (What is that Devon and Cornwall?), might be familiar with these types of storms. I don't know the meteorological term, except perhaps cold-core, for them--but I know they do exist and can sustain some fairly impressive winds.
Which brings me back to the specific topic... would someone define "very" unlikely? I mean the probability of a hurricane of Cat 4 or higher striking almost any specified area is probably identifiable as "unlikely" since they thankfully are not frequent. Hugo has proven they can travel north of the the Florida coast, and while the great New England storm (Long Island Express?) showed that a major (travelling fast enough) can get up to some impressive strengths. I guess once again one can get into the semantic quagmire of some of these intense storms striking areas like the Maritimes, and New England as not technically "hurricanes" but equally, one wonders just what their highest potential intensity could be, name notwithstanding.
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