Ivan is on its way towards Florida, but this probably won’tbe the last major storm to hit the U.S. this year. NASAmeteorologist Marshall Shepherd says, “Over the past fewyears, we’ve seen an increasing trend toward greateractivity in the Atlantic Basin and increased strength instorms. [That] has been leading us to believe that we aregoing to start seeing more intense hurricanes. That may bebearing itself out right now.”
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On Saturday, September 11, Dreamland presents an interview with the seller AND the buyer of the Haunted Wine Box, which was sold last Febuary in one of the most-watched auctions in Ebay history. PLUS, for our subscribers, find out what happened to Whitley Strieber when he just did the interview. To learn more about this week’s Dreamland, click here.
This is the Haunted Wine Box listing, exactly as it appeared on Ebay in Feburary of 2004, written by Kevin Mannis:
All of the events that I am about to set forth in this listing are accurate and may be verified by the winning bidder with the copies of hospital records and sworn affidavits that I am including as part of the sale of the cabinet.
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Ivan, which was declared a tropical storm yesterday, becamea hurricane today, making it the fastest developing southAtlantic hurricane ever recorded. Ivan is presently on atrack to strike south Florida, and is expected to become aCategory 5 hurricane tomorrow. This is the most powerfulhurricane category. A Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpsonscale carries sustained winds in excess of 155 MPH.
With the warm waters of the vast south Atlantic to feed it,the storm could reach record intensity. At present, it hassustained winds of 135 mph.
Hurricane Gilbert, which struck the Yucatan in 1988 was,with winds of 200 MPH, the most powerful Atlantic hurricaneever recorded.
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As the south central Atlantic was lashed by fierce weather,torrential downpours killed nearly a hundred people inChina, caused large-scale evacuations and threatened massiveflooding. The fierce Chinese weather came during one of themost active typhoon seasons on record, with 17 of thesePacific hurricanes recorded so far this year, and the seasonstill with four to six weeks to go.
Typhoons have caused damage and death in China, Japan, thePhililipines and the Pacific island nations. Heavy rains andfloods have affected large areas of China since June, withhundreds dead and thousands injured.
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