"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 8/12/2014 12:35 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> O posting from the area where the remnants of Hurricane Bertha are
>>> causing a
>>> wee bit of havoc.
>>
>> Nothing too serious for you, I hope.
>> I had to look this up. I'm surprised that the storm is still alive. It
>> passed over my area (coastal Virginia) about a month ago.
>>
>> G.
>>
> That is a very long time for it to still be a named storm. Usually it's
> just subtropical or something after that long, but the conditions must
> have been ripe for it to stay active for so long!

It has definitely died down here now ... thank goodness Incidentally it
was named 'Hurricane'.

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