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Subject: why is it that on islands, when you hear a loud crack, it means a typhoon i

Date: Wed Mar 8 01:12:55 2000
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i read a book called "the cay" and there is a part when on the island, 
there is a loud crack (like a gunshot) coming from the ocean and the people 
say that when a loud crack is heard on the ocean on an island, it means 
that a hurricane/typhoon will come.  my question is, why is that true?


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