Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 13, 2015

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    JohnoTeacher  over 8 years ago

    Curious – is a storm travelling 760 miles unusual?

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    Tossle Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Well if that storm was in Australia it would have traveled all the way across of Victoria or Tasmania, about 1/4 way across of Western Australia, and 1/2 way for remaining states.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 8 years ago

    The flamingo is reminding me of the story of the dolphin with a prosthetic tail.

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    Jogger2  over 8 years ago

    That is a single storm, not a front, a group, a line of storms, nor a complex. A radar track can be found on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDPc-lhEEtQ . It did occur with other storms, which came and went. It and some of the other storms produced tornadoes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006_tornado_outbreak_sequence

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    SharkNose  over 8 years ago

    The June 29, 2012 derecho traveled ~750 miles from Davenport, Iowa to Richmond, Virginia in 14 hours. See https://youtu.be/0MG7aOjZciY . Not sure if a derecho is a single storm though…

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    therese_callahan2002  over 8 years ago

    Guess I’ll send all my handwritten letters there.

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    goweeder  over 8 years ago

    A remote encoding system is desperately needed in all pharmacies — to read the horrific scribbles on most doctors’ prescriptions. I’m serious. At one time in my life I was employed as a ward clerk in a hospital. In order to do that job, I was required to take a special course in reading (or I should say deciphering) the doctors’ handwriting. I kid you not. I’ve always wondered how many lives have been lost due to incorrect deciphering of a patients’ prescriptions. In my opinion, it’s criminal.

    It feels good to get that off my chest.

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    goweeder  over 8 years ago

    Weather moves? Whooda’ thunk!

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    themom1951  over 8 years ago

    My post office should use remote encoding for the perfectly addressed, printed mail it sends back with a “?” on it. Recent example: Bills from my ophthalmologist were returned for 6 months even though the name and address were spelled correctly and completely visible through the window in the envelope. Resulted in 4 late charges added to my balance due. All my junk mail was delivered, even some addressed to a previous owner. I’ve lived here over 5 years.

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    charliefarmrhere  over 8 years ago

    Spelled correctly , but was the address correct? Opthalmologist= Eye doctor? Are you sure you were writing correctly if you had bad eyesight?

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