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Topic: Question for Tuesday, August 26 *hurricane*

What's the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?

They are the same thing except for the name. Hurricanes are in the Atlantic and Typhoons are in the Pacific.

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LOL, on this one, you can tell which ones of us have grown up with hurricanes... or have been exposed to them. /gma b@s

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Posted by: JoEllen
Date posted: Wed Aug 27 2:24:16 2008
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I'm saying >> Location. Typhoons are west of the international dateline in the Pacific Northwest while Hurricanes are east of the dateline (in the east Pacific) and in the Atlantic.

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Posted by: Blinkie
Date posted: Tue Aug 26 17:48:19 2008
Message:
I'm pretty sure...

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inside...my original answer ended up in the wrong place. LOL

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Posted by: Tori
Date posted: Tue Aug 26 16:41:32 2008
Message:
I'm thinking it has to do with the origin and direction of the storm.

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inside...

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Posted by: Gail M
Date posted: Tue Aug 26 11:23:28 2008
Message:
My answer (notice I didn't say guess this time) is that....a hurricane is what they're called in the Atlantic Ocean (and Caribbean) and a typhoon is what they're called in the Pacific Ocean. 

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Posted by: trkdrvrsqueen
Date posted: Tue Aug 26 10:46:59 2008
Message:
 I have no idea....they both scare me!

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Posted by: Molly
Date posted: Tue Aug 26 9:20:05 2008
Message:
The difference is ... the location.  And I think they spin in opposite directions.

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Posted by: g
Date posted: Tue Aug 26 7:45:51 2008
Message:

My answer is none, other than location .....

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Posted by: Grandma b@s
Date posted: Tue Aug 26 6:52:32 2008
Message:
OK, this one is easy... it's the location of origin

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