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In article <3022hp$h7v@crl.crl.com> ronm@crl.com (Ronald Mendricks) writes:
>If there's an ocean in the east that produces so much violent weather, 
>floods, tornadoes, etc., and there's an ocean to the west, why doesn't 
>the west get hurricanes?

From what I remember, the hurricanes that come up
from from the ocean off Mexico loose to much of their energy 
as they get into the cooler waters off California (currents). 
So by the time they reach us, they are only stronge storms
(I'm not even sure they are technically "tropical storms").
Growing up in Central California, I remember getting
a tropical like rain once or twice a summer.  It was neat because
you could run around and get soaking wet and not get cold.
Living up in the SF Bay Area for the last 10 years,
I kind of miss them (also since the last 10 years have been
mostly drought years, I don't think there has been as many).

John S. Watson                  
NASA Ames Research Center MS/243-9, Moffett Field, CA 94035
<a href="http://pioneer.arc.nasa.gov/~watson/watson.html">John S. Watson</a>
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