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#21 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:54 am

I scored 100%; though I did guess on the first pilot that flew into a hurricane :lol:


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#22 Postby patsmsg » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:47 am

I missed 2, and I have to say I guessed at a couple up at the top. Interesting quiz, thanks for posting it.
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#23 Postby patsmsg » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:48 am

dhweather wrote:The origin of the name hurricane.


Didn't go with "kraken" did you? :wink:
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#24 Postby patsmsg » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:53 am

krysof wrote:http://www.redcross.org/services/youth/kids/quiz/Low/Hurricane/index.html


Try this quiz. It's very easy.


Ok, that ones more my speed :lol: I scored a 100 on that one. I'll have to let my kids give it a try.
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#25 Postby SouthernWx » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:30 am

Andrew92 wrote:OK, on that Red Cross quiz, I have issues with Q's 6 and 10. See if you do too. The explanations say I got them right, along with the other 8....but my results say I only got 8 right.

There's a bug loose at that website!

-Andrew92


#10 is a trick question...and tricked me as well. Of course I chose "strong winds" as a meteorological condition not conductive of hurricane formation (thinking of course about shear; as anyone rational would).

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#26 Postby SouthernWx » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:33 am

Brent wrote::red:

Missed the pilot question. Never heard of the two that it came down to(no one picked Lindbergh or Earhart right??) :P


Sure I chose Amelia Earhart....of course she flew into a hurricane during 1943, even though she dissapeared and IMO died six years earlier (ghosts can fly too ya know...boo!! :D
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#27 Postby cyclonaut » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:37 am

Well I did perfect on the Red Cross one even though they say I missed 2.

Yeah you guess it...6 & 10. :P
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#28 Postby The Big Dog » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:05 am

93%... got 'em all except the first one.
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#29 Postby tailgater » Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:37 pm

:oops: Missed 2 , #2and 13 DUH!
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#30 Postby Javlin » Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:18 pm

86% missed the Aust? and names of the storms.
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#31 Postby bevgo » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:29 pm

Looks like time for hurricane school. LOL :lol:
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#32 Postby Guest » Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:48 pm

They had an incorrect answer selection for the final question. The intense period of the hurricane season is Aug-Oct. No?
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#33 Postby abajan » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:32 pm

I scored 86%.

The two I got wrong were Jerry Jarrels instead of Max Mayfield (I should've stuck with my original hunch) and Bonnie instead of Grace (could've sworn I was right on that one).

Not too bad, I guess.
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