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Subject: Re: [OM] Re: OT Anxiety Time in SC
From: "John Hudson" <13874@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:09:41 -0300
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, 15 September, 2003 01:00 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: OT Anxiety Time in SC


Fascinating John!  But then that is why using the "eye of the storm" to
describe something really windy is a mistake...

By the way, you would not have caught me going outside, eye or no eye
;-).



Heck, why not, Dead quiet, not a think moving, air was motionless. Simply a
risk free experience.



Chris

On Monday, Sep 15, 2003, at 14:45 Europe/London, John Hudson wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geilfuss Charles" <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, 15 September, 2003 10:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Re: OT Anxiety Time in SC
>
>
> Greetings All,
> Many thanks to all of you sending words of encouragement re Isabel.
> As of Monday morning it appears it will take a turn to the North, so
> all of
> you up that way take heed...this is going to be an historic storm.
>
> snip
>
> Charles ........ have you ever stood outside in the absolute centre of
> the
> eye of a hurricane? I have. It is quite an experience.
> Back in July 1970 in Hong Kong I went out of my way to stand outside
> in the
> eye of Typhoon Rose as it passed directly through the colony. This was
> a 165
> mile per hour storm but within the absolute centre of the eye the air
> was
> absolutely and completely motionless for about twenty minutes. The air
> was
> so motionless that cigarette smoke curled perfectly upwards, and there
> were
> no animal sounds or bird noises, just a complete erie silence. The
> erieness
> continued until the wind picked up from the other direction from that
> before
> all went quiet. By then I was hunkered down inside my apartment. Was
> was
> quite fascinating was that the bamboo scaffolding on high rise building
> projects looked none the worse for wear after the typhoon passed.
>
> jh
<|_:-)_|>

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