Patty Jansen wrote:
 
> Dear Emilio and others,
>
> I am about as far removed from the town of Exmouth as you can get on the
> Australian mainlaind, but I have seen and heard frequent reports of the
> damage. Basically, when you take a direct hit from a category 5 cyclone
> (the worst in a scale from 1 to 5, and they don't dish out 5 ratings very
> often), you can count yourself lucky if you haven't lost anything (your
> house, your pets, your livelyhood, your family members). This is SERIOUS
> stuff. Such an event usually leaves a lasting impression on the community.
> The northwest of Western Australia gets lots of nasty cyclones (this may be
> one of the reasons so few people live there?).
 
Cut...Hello!
 
Hi Patty and all,
 
South Florida suffered the devastation of hurricane Andrew (category 5, I
think), a head on encounter
from the Atlantic side. The shallow reef bottoms on the oceanside and lee side
(behind Elliots Key chain)
suffered superficial damage. Dont know how the shelling fared; Mark, B. Pace
and others from the Miami club would know a lot more about this.
 
Could anyone volunteer more information on Zoila perlae eludens habitat,
ecology, AND more specific locality, not "Western Australia" ?  The typical
data slips that come with many Zoila are more than a bit suspect and plain
wrong.
 
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Later,
 
Emilio Jorge Power
 
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West Melbourne, Florida  USA