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Twisters are getting off to a lackadaisical start this year, but no matter how late, a storm that works itself up into a hurricane frenzy will get attention. Of three Atlantic tempests knocking around, Bill’s the one that fulfilled hurricane aspirations and may go beyond a Category 3. Wild skies don’t just kick people into disaster preparedness mode (witness lookups on Yahoo! for “storm doors,” “hurricane shutters,” and “hurricane supplies”). Nature’s ferment also gets minds wondering and searches swelling about weather phenomena in general. An overview of some raging queries, below: Getting up to (hurricane) speed The Department of Atmospheric Services at University of Illinois explains the degrees of intensity. Thunderstorms hanging out together over warm ocean waters become a tropical depression, with winds swirling between 23-29 mph. They can gather oomph to become a tropical storm (39-73 mph) within a short period of time (a few hours to two days), then if conditions are right (or
