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Old 05-18-2008, 08:53 AM   #367
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Originally Posted by Dave R View Post
If you are going 5 MPH and the motor boat is going 50 MPH, it's only going to pass you once as you both go from one end of the lake to the other. If the motor boat is going 30MPH, or 130 MPH, it still only passes you once. The speed of the boat does not change the number of times you'll encounter it.
You're just forgetting the world of extrapolation Dave.

Imagine over 700,000 boats passing her continuously, 24/7. It's numbers like those that give us the weather forecasting we have today. Chance of accuracy, about 12.5%
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