An ill wind

Hurricane Wilma Grows to Category 5 Storm
By FREDDY CUEVAS, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Gathering strength at a fierce pace, Hurricane Wilma grew into one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded early Wednesday, a Category 5 monster packing 175 mph wind that forecasts warned was "extremely dangerous."

Wilma was dumping rain on Central America and Mexico, and forecasters warned of a "significant threat" to Florida by the weekend.

"All interests in the Florida Keys and the Florida peninsula should closely monitor the progress of extremely dangerous Hurricane Wilma," the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its latest advisory.

Based on a preliminary reading of its pressure, forecasters said Wilma was perhaps the most powerful Atlantic storm on record.

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Edit: Wilma Now Most Intense Atlantic Storm Ever

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Gathering strength at a fierce pace, Hurricane Wilma swirled into the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded Wednesday, a Category 5 monster packing 175 mph wind that forecasts warned was "extremely dangerous."

(rest of the article is basically the same as above, with a few "the most/strongest" replacing the previous "one of the most/strongest".)

Oh, the article also mentions that this season ties with 1933 for the most hurricanes ever recorded in one year, and that the list of hurricane names for the year is now used up. Any new hurricanes from now until November 30 will be named with Greek letters, which apparently has never happened before.

Link to the article: Hurricane Wilma Grows to Category 5 Storm

Say Waht?

Posted in grammargasm (and hey, I found it cool, despite the almost instant deluge of criticism from the community):

"I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."