Sunday, June 01, 2008
Tis the Season
Today officially marks the beginning of hurricane season. From Wikipedia:
Many Virginians and Richmonders remember with woe Hurricane Isabel
(2003) and Tropical Storm Gaston (2004), respectively. I was in high school then, and I
remember Newport News gave us over a week off of school for Isabel. It was
like a vacation, minus all the fun. When school resumed, in almost all our classes (calculus
exempted) our teachers made our storm experiences part of the classroom conversation.
Tis the season to be blown away!
Tropical Storm Arthur formed just off the Belize coast on May 31 [...]. As of
May 31 at 11 PM EDT, the storm was located over inland portions of the
Yucatán Peninsula, with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometres per hour
(40 mph). Arthur is the first tropical storm to form in May since Tropical
Storm Arlene in 1981.
Many Virginians and Richmonders remember with woe Hurricane Isabel
(2003) and Tropical Storm Gaston (2004), respectively. I was in high school then, and I
remember Newport News gave us over a week off of school for Isabel. It was
like a vacation, minus all the fun. When school resumed, in almost all our classes (calculus
exempted) our teachers made our storm experiences part of the classroom conversation.
Tis the season to be blown away!
# posted by Steven Latimer : 10:04 PM
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