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onsdag, juni 30, 2010

Alex

Hurricane Alex, who was just upgraded from tropical storm, is headed towards the western Gulf of Mexico and will likely hit southern Texas or northeastern Mexico on Wednesday or early Thursday. Scientists say Alex is moving erratically, but basically westward with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. President Obama has issued a federal emergency declaration for Texas ahead of Alex’s landfall. Though, luckily for living things in the Gulf, the hurricane will not directly hit the BP oil spill, the storm is making cleanup efforts difficult by sending 12 foot waves into the area. Oil-skimming ships were sent back to land in response. Alex is the first June hurricane to form in the Atlantic in since 1995. /CNN

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Hurricane är den engelska beteckningen på de tropiska cykloner i Atlanten/Karibiska havet samt östra Stilla havet som är så kraftiga att de uppnnår orkanstyrka, d v s medelvind minst 32,7 m/s = 118 km/h. Se också tropisk cyclon. / Källa: Wikipedia.
Alex årets första hurricane, nästa kommer att heta Bonnie och den därpå Colin.
Foot 1 fot = 12 tum = 1/3 yard = 0,3048 meter.
CNN Cable News Network, ägt av multimediaföretaget Time Warner  med huvudkontor i New York City.

Docendo discimus = latin = "genom att undervisa lär vi oss själva".

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