# Cyclone George batters WA: two confirmed dead

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 9, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclone-george-batters-wa-two-confirmed-dead/395227 "2007-03-09T06:31:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclone-george-batters-wa-two-confirmed-dead/395227/1 "2007-03-09T06:31:03Z")

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[Link](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21350961-2,00.html)

And I gather there’s another cyclone (Jacob) brewing out in the Indian Ocean.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclone-george-batters-wa-two-confirmed-dead/395227/2 "2007-03-09T07:20:30Z")

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Bet I’m not the only one that thought you meant Washington…

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclone-george-batters-wa-two-confirmed-dead/395227/3 "2007-03-09T07:53:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Oakminster]  
Bet I’m not the only one that thought you meant Washington…  
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Caused me quite a start, being not far from WA. We’ve had a ton of bad storms this year with another set on the way so I thought for a moment one had gone wild on us.