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2. I may be wrong but I thought in

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 12:11 PM

Aug 2014

The Atlantic they were Hurricanes, but in the Pacific they are called Typhoons??

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Well, that would have just been a small part of it TlalocW Aug 2014 #6

I may be wrong but I thought in yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #2

They are called typhooons in the West Pacific. subterranean Aug 2014 #3

I think for the Eastern Pacific, it's still "hurricane" BumRushDaShow Aug 2014 #4

Glad you are safe Cha! yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #8

Thanks, sweetie~ Cha Aug 2014 #10