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can we have hurricanes in great britain

star1942 Wed 17/10/07 14:11

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blondie123
Wed 17/10/07
14:20

No- a hurricane is a tropical storm! and to have a tropical storm you need to be in the tropical regions of the world! for example the carribbean, indian ocean! they only occur within 5 degress to 20 degrees north and south of the equator! as the sea temp. has to be above 26^. they do not occur on the equator or within 5 degrees north or south because there is insufficient motion from the rotating Earth to start the storm spinninng.

lou 26
Wed 17/10/07
15:40

but then there was the great storm in 1987!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles /2007/10/12/great_storm_feature.shtml

GIRL RACERS
Wed 17/10/07
15:52

i was in wales, quite a few years back now, but during my stay we were encounted by 'hurricane charlie' ???

lankeela
Wed 17/10/07
23:40

Yes sir, how many would you like?

blondie123
Thurs 18/10/07
09:49

You cant get hurricanes in Britain, FACT!!!! We might get severe storms, but there not hurricanes!

squarebear
Thurs 18/10/07
17:02

I thought a hurricane was a wind above 73mph, so yes sure we can get them.

blondie123
Fri 19/10/07
08:49

Hurricanes only occur N Atlantic Ocean, the NE Pacific Ocean east of the dateline(carribbean/florida etc), or the S Pacific Ocean. The same storm occurring over the NW Pacific Ocean west of the dateline is called a typhoon(india etc); one occurring over Australia and the Indian Ocean is a tropical cyclone, but the winds rotate clockwise.
It is winds over 74mph, we can get storms of that intensity but it would not be called a hurricane.

jasperthomas
Sun 21/10/07
21:08

We had quite a few during the second World War, but that's History!!

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