Sandy

[Jonathan Lighter]

Hence "Dracucane."

JL

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> …is no longer a hurricane, because hurricanes are by definition tropical,
> and this hybrid storm is now--according to an authority on CNN--"colder
> than it is warmer".
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