On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:04:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I've been saying that for years. Prior to the advent of WESATs,
GOSATs and all the other SATS, there must have been storms that nobody
knew about until they were - well, hit land.

Or hit a boat that survived to tell the tale.

Not all of them did.