Colleen A.
(Moderator)
Wed Oct 19 2005 10:09 AM
Re: Wilma, Category 5 and Breaking Records

Good question! I think I heard the answer earlier on CNN: their met said that the windspeeds may have been much higher than 175, but the plane wasn't there to record it. So, you may be absolutely correct.
And let me tell ya something: I'm not all that sure that I really WANT to know what the highest wind speeds were that the planes missed!



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