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(meteorobs) Re: slow Sep 6/7 + virus
Saw only 20 meteors in 3 hrs Sep 6/7, the last 3 dark hours 314-614 EDT.
LM6.8 start, down to 6.5 end. Had 2 DAU and 2 SPI. Would hope for 11/hr
minimum for the date. Nothing from A-T area.
***WARNING***
From an excellent newsletter I subscribe to, the "good times" virus is the
worst I've heard of. It is spread via e-mail. If you receive a message
with "good times" on the subject line, do NOT read it! This would activate
it, and your hard drive and processor would both be permanently destroyed.
Just delete it WITHOUT reading it, and you will be all right. Eventually
the name will change, but there is plenty of this one in circulation.
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The strongest wind I've been in was Hurricane Cleo the night of 1964 Aug
25/26 in Miami. It limped out of Cuba with wind 65MPH, but after crossing
the Gulf Stream the eye came over Miami. Wind topped at 110MPH with gusts
to 125. Was hard to talk and be heard over the noise. In the eye for 1
hour. In 2 minutes the wind dropped from 110 down to 15. Sky stayed cloudy
and breezes were 15; felt somewhat dry, hot, and stuffy. Virtually no
structural damage--houses were built to take it in those days. The Andrew
disaster in 1992 was set up beginning around 1970 when I saw shoddy
construction creeping in. The high wind doesn't whistle, it roars. Wind
sounds heard in movies and TV are fake. The sound is similar to what you
hear on a fast bike ride, air rumbling over your ears as you face the wind.
One interesting after-effect is green leaves ground up and plastered on
outside walls.
I wouldn't want to be in areas with large trees. Obvious high hazard in
strong wind. We're fully prepared here in Fort Myers. Had 2 trees very
near the house removed. We got the strongest available roll-down shutters
on the windows (keeps the house cool and secure also--almost impossible to
break in). Last we got the new system for shoring up our garage door. I
feel OK up to a category 4, would surely chicken out with a 5. Elevation 12
feet above the river, could handle a sizable storm surge. Most of the
county is well below that.
All we got from Andrew was a brief peak wind of 60MPH. Dan The Man Rather
was broadcasting the pending wipeout of Fort Myers early that morning, but
he had neglected to check on geography. It took several weeks for pending
visitors to understand that we hardly had any problem.
Norman