From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

That's pretty scary. Imagine being on a ship, 5 to 6 hours from shore...


Antti Kurenniemi

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:435734ed{at}w3.nls.net...
> It went from a 2 to a 5 in 5 or 6 hours...
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> Bob Comer
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> "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> news:iq3el1dfqqfbqp5bueqs1tlh66r95o44uh{at}4ax.com...
>> That's amazing, this morning's paper said it wasn't even a four yet.
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>> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:49:43 +0100, Adam
>> <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge"> wrote in
>> message :
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>>>"Officials in Mexico, Cuba and Florida have started
evacuating thousands
>>>of people from areas threatened by the strongest hurricane ever recorded.
>>>
>>>Hurricane Wilma, now a Category-Five storm, is packing winds of about
>>>165mph (270km/h) and its heavy rains are already lashing outlying areas.
>>>
>>>At least 11 people have been killed in Haiti by floods and landslides.
>>>
>>>The storm's barometric pressure - a measure of its strength - reached
>>>the lowest on record in the Atlantic basin."
>>>
>>>Adam
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