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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 13:57:42 -0700
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SEVERE HURRICANE WARNING: Eastern Pacific Ocean/west coast USA

Okay, here is the real-time Hurricane Warning
(in red) for Hurricane Linda, courtesy of
the National Weather Service:

  http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/us/hurricane.html

current position:  20.6N6 114.1W7

movement past six hours:  300 degrees at 12 knots

position accurate to within 060 nautical miles

position based on center located by satellite

max sustained winds: 150 knots, gusting to 180 knots     <----!!!!!

radius of 100 knot winds:  020 nautical miles
radius of 050 knot winds:  075 nautical miles


forecast:

21.7 N by 116.1 W

overall movement is North by Northwest at 11 knots.

major trough off the west coast of the U.S.
is expected to force Hurricane Linda on a 
North-by-Northwest track over the next 48 hours.

Maximum significant wave height is 36 feet


Please keep checking with NWS and/or NOAA 
at significant intervals, as this storm 
continues to track across the Pacific.

/s/ Paul Mitchell
http://supremelaw.com







Thank you, Evan!

I believe that are several real-time weather
services which post data on the Internet.
Call the National Weather Service, or try
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" ("NOAA")
for a website or other on-line reporters.  I will
browse and see what I can come up with.

I have a spare bedroom in Tucson, Arizona, which
I am happy to share with friends of Evan Soule,
until the storm abates.

/s/ Paul Mitchell
http://supremelaw.com



At 12:40 PM 9/13/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>->  SearchNet's   SNETNEWS   Mailing List
>
>><< I urge everyone to evacuate from the path of this very severe hurricane
>> (presently with winds recorded at 185mph+) with its potential of great
>> destruction to the California coast.  In any case, I urge all residents
>> along the West Coast to monitor this hurricane very closely.
>>  >>
>>
>>Okay, he's advising 3/5 of the population of California to evacuate.  Any
>>other bright ideas for how to screw up the economy?
>>
>>For freedom,
>>
>>Nick
>>
>
>Dear Nick,
>
>If you read the above, the advice is for anyone _in the path_ of the
>hurricane to evacuate.  Since it is yet to be determined when (or if) the
>hurricane will strike the West Coast (and _where_) --- your above statement
>is inappropriate.
>
>Having lived through several hurricanes, people living along coastal areas
>which could be impacted by an approaching hurricane of this magnitude would
>be _well advised_ to monitor the storm very closely and try to evacuate
>should they find themselves in the path of the storm.
>
>With such a powerful storm in mind, I would be less concerned about the
>economy and more concerned about people's lives.  If necessary, economies
>can be rebuilt by _living_ people.
>
>Of course, with knowledge, high technology, and innovation (within the
>context of free enterprise) our Species may someday have the ability to
>truly control the weather and hence no longer be subjected to the
>deleterious effects of such storms.
>
>With freedom in mind,
>
>Evan Soule'
>
>
>
>-> Send "subscribe   snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com
>->  Posted by: josephnewman@earthlink.net (Evan Soule)
>
>
>


      

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