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5. "strongest typhoon ever recorded"

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 05:02 PM

Dec 2012

Get ready for lots more headlines of this type.

Soon TPTB will change the phrase "once-a-century storm" to "once a year storm". Moving the weather-Overton window rightward...

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