And now for something completely different

Isaac Held has a wonderful post about recent work on "Aqua-planet hurricanes and the ITCZ". Go read it and watch the videos - its utterly refreshing and might change your view of hurricanes.

Hey, you kow what? I've used that title before. More than once.

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