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Old 08-26-2012, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BarryRX View Post
The weather channel just said that Isaac is going to be roaring up the west coast of florida. A few seconds later they said it was moving at 19mph. So I guess my golf cart "roars". I think they do tend to get a little "flowery" with their descriptions.
Actually a hurricane around Florida typically moves around 5 to 10 mph, some times slower or even stalling. Once it gets further north it moves faster until it gets up as far as Virginia, NY, etc then it is normal to move at 40 MPH. Getting a hurricane in NY is relative a short experience due to the storm hitting and moving on. I've seen storms in Fla that lasted the whole day.
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