Beh-ril, burr'uhl, and burl

[Beverly Flanigan]

Oops!  I really do follow news and weather and knew there were storms out
East (I never say 'back East'), but I guess I didn't catch the name.  The
patterning does seem to be the same one noted by me and others
though.  (And why would people be talking about barrels anyway?!)

Beverly

At 11:33 AM 7/22/2006, you wrote:
>Beverly said:
>
>'I missed the start of this, but I assume the word is "barrel"?'
>
>The word is 'Beryl', as in the tropical storm contributing to the rain
>that the
>mid-Atlantic region is getting right now!  So, while I suppose we'd need more
>evidence / more occurrences to really study it in depth, it does seem to be a
>phenomenon along the lines of 'Mary, marry, merry, (Murray)'.
>
>Damien Hall
>University of Pennsylvania
>
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