That's a rough way to spend 4 days.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Beckrich" <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Irene (not a hurricane)
> Hurricane/smuricaine...
>
> All I know is we were without power along the Chesapeake Bay from Saturday
> afternoon
> until late this afternoon.
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Rand E <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> re research on line, landfall has nothing to do with hurricane
>> classification.
>> Typical info below.
>> *Here's how a hurricane works*: A tropical storm begins to brew over the
>> ocean. As it makes contact with warm ocean waters — if the temperature
>> of the water is above 26.5 degrees Celcius (80 Fahrenheit) — the storm's
>> heat and energy intensify. Winds rotate counterclockwise around a calm
>> center (the "eye"). When the sustained speed of the winds reaches 74 mi
>> (119 km) per hour, the storm is officially classified as a hurricane.
>> (The term applies to storms which occur over the N Atlantic Ocean, the
>> NE Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the S Pacific Ocean. The same
>> storm occurring over the NW Pacific Ocean west of the dateline is called
>> a typhoon <http://www.answers.com/topic/typhoon>; one occurring over
>> Australia and the Indian Ocean is a tropical cyclone
>> <http://www.answers.com/topic/tropical-cyclone>, but the winds rotate
>> clockwise.)
>>
>> Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/hurricane
>> <http://www.answers.com/topic/hurricane#ixzz1WeT49sIv>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> > Irene wasn't a hurricane despite all the bluster and hype. At no time
>> > did it reach the required sustained wind speed of 64kt when it reached
>> > land. I suspect it lost energy as it paralleled the coast just off
>> > shore. This slowing and losing energy caused it to dump a lot of rain
>> > in
>> > a concentrated area.
>> >
>> > Cape Hatteras (CLKN7) where the winds got to 59 kt.
>> > <
>> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UyqA7qO1tN4/TlvFEgHRYQI/AAAAAAAAE3c/jdYfuUawvos/s1600/plot_met.php.png
>> >
>> >
>> > Or buoy 36, south of Cape Hatteras over the water...only got to 49 kt
>> there.
>> > <
>> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oJsyEttIV_g/Tlured-2lqI/AAAAAAAAE3U/eiiVMr9dUWs/s1600/plot_met.php.png
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
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