Image:Hurricane Floyd 1999-09-14.jpg

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Summary

PD NOAA picture of Hurricane Floyd

According to Snopes.com, this picture often circulates through the Internet with a wide variety of descriptions, usually the most recent devastating hurricane. It has at various times been identified as Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Frances, and even the Indian Ocean tsunami. It is, in fact, Hurricane Floyd in September, 1999. Perhaps the fact that it is such a striking image is the reason it is such a temptation to credit it with being other disasters.

Licensing

Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties.

File history

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Date/Time Dimensions User Comment
current 01:28, 11 June 2006 1,330×1,196 (267 KB) Tom (trimming image to centre it on the storm itself)
16:21, 2 September 2005 2,048×1,200 (322 KB) Joedeshon (PD NOAA picture of Hurricane Floyd http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/images/Floyd/Floyd_19990914_1259_hg.jpg According to www.snopes.com, this picture often erroneously circulates through the Internet with a wide variety of descriptions, usually the most dev)
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