I wasn't perpetuating a myth, just using a common natural event to illustrate a point. If you look at the bottom paragraph in the web page you cited you will see that low barometric pressure is an important component of storm surge. The first part seems to gloss over atmospheric pressure so if you don't read the whole page you miss a good bit. In any event, the question was, does barometric pressure have an effect on sea state? The answer is yes, it does. BTW, a standard day is defined as 29.92 inches at 70 degrees F. I'd like to see a more factual definition of the height of water rise in a low pressure center than a comparison of water vrs mercury density. There's a good bit more to it than that. Regards, Dave G. At 05:56 PM 12/23/2002 -0800, Dave Kruger wrote: >Just debunking the myth. > >-- >Dave Kruger >Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 23 2002 - 21:03:26 PST
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