"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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This is one big gnarly storm. Take a look at the latest satellite
imagery:

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseasthurrwv.html

The surrounding cloud and weather structure stretch out close to a
thousand miles.

Weather buoy 41049 is still 170 nautical miles from the eye and
already it is reporting wind gusts to to 42.7 kts and wave heights of
22.6 feet.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41049

Right now it looks like Halifax, Nova Scotia has got a bulls eye
painted on it.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/024215.shtml?5-daynl#contents



Might be time to head for the hills.