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Hurricane, schmurricane (none / 0)
I don't think anybody has ever come up with a correct word for what hit S england in 1987. But we refer to it as "the hurricane" cos no other word in common usage really gets the emotional impact.

It was a very destructive high wind born of unusual atmospherics.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Sep 27th, 2006 at 04:08:58 PM EST
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