a_'marathon'_of_anxiety_and_devastation Frances What's_the_'Point'? * Gaston_and_Frances * Satellite view taken September 4, 2004 of Hurricane Frances as it nears the Florida coast. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040904/ids_photos_ts/r3964073209.jpg 040904 ... . the storm pummeled Florida's shore with 90 mph (145-kph) wind gusts and promised to dump torrential rain on the peninsula for up to 15 hours... 040904 ... . Storm Tracker: Hurricane Frances http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HURRICANE?SITE=YAHOO&SECTION=HOME 040904 ... jpg Hurricane Frances is seen just after making landfall north of West Palm Beach Florida in this National Weather Service (news - web sites) regional composite radar image shot at 11:45 p.m. EDT, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004 http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040905/lthumb.ny12709050422.hurricane_frances_ny127.jpg 040904 ... a "point" *** * "marathon" *** The storm's eye is so huge -- a staggering 60 miles in diameter -- and its 4-mph speed is so slow that forecasters were invoking the word "marathon" to describe the ordeal that much of Florida is about to endure. 040904 040904 what's it to you? who go blather from