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From: giles@ucf-cs.UUCP (Bruce Giles)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: EAFB May Be Used Throughout 1984
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Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 16:49:39 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 26 16:49:39 1984
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>>  The reason announced last night on ABC was that the weather at the Cape
>>  is just too lousy during the next 4 months to be predictable.  They
>>  decided to shift all operations back to EAFB to avoid the constant
>>  changes in weather at the cape.

The weather in Central Florida is not too lousy to be predictable, it is
too lousy.  Period.  In fact, I was surprised they ever expect the Cape
to be contiuously usable for landings.

I don't have official Weather Bureau statistics in front of me, but as a 
life-long resident I know that during the summer months in Florida, expect
a heavy thunderstorm between 3:30 and 5:30 pm.  Every day.  You can also 
include about a half-dozen hailstorms and minor tornadoes during the summer
months also.   And, if a hurricane passes within 400 kilometers, the 
blue skies visible before and after the aforementioned storms will
disappear for 4-5 days straight.

Florida the "Sunshine State".  Humphf.  Ask anyone who moved to Orlando 
around April or May, expecting to see sunny skies constantly.  Everyone
I know who did went into a severe shock:  It was either near 100 degrees
Fahrenheit with 85-95 percent humidity, or raining at 3-4 inches/hour.
(That is -- If you are on the road, you generally must pull over because
your wipers on `high' are not powerful enought to clear your windshield).


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