# View inside the eye of a hurricane?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/view-inside-the-eye-of-a-hurricane/520813 "2009-12-11T02:42:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/view-inside-the-eye-of-a-hurricane/520813/21 "2009-12-12T22:12:39Z")

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Birds and butterflies get caught in the eye. They fly near the eye wall but are unable to penetrate due to the strong winds.

The skycondition and the width of the eye are variable. The eye can be partially covered with clouds or completely devoid of clouds. It can also be completely covered with clouds, in which case, meteorologists say the eye is not visible. A very strong cane will have a distinct and small eye. When you see that on the weather maps, you know that a strong cane is forming. Hugo hit Charleston in Sep 1989 as a Cat 3. The eye covered over 20 miles even though it was a strong cane.

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**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/view-inside-the-eye-of-a-hurricane/520813/22 "2009-12-12T23:39:22Z")

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The eye of hurricane Opal passed over our house when I was in college. It was really calm, and the interesting thing was that you could see the clouds moving in opposite directions on opposite sides of the sky.

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