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
;-).
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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