THINGS YOU CAN LEARN DURING THE WORLDCUP

today: meteorologie

first i want to introduce you to wipha, it is the tropical cyclone that causes the fact that today was no game played in china, and seriously who would run over a meadow in shorts in conditions like that.




but back to the educational part... wipha is a typhoon, not to mix up with a hurricane. and in english it is even more confusing, because a winter gale is called hurricane too. but the difference is, that a winter gale is born when cold air from the north pole meets warm air from the south and the passing of the two different airthings causes circulation.

tropical cyclones like "real" hurricanes and typhoons are born over heated water in the - surprise - tropical area and the circulation is caused by earthrotation ... well somehow, i couldn't find the translation for corilsion, so i can't explain better, sorry ... anyway, wipha is a typhoon, it circulates over china at the moment and the games will be played tomorrow ... hopefully

ghana and new zealand are definitely out of the tournament and brazil is definitely in the quarterfinal (well IF denmark beats them 6:0 AND china beats new zealand 7:0 they're out, but ... come on!!!!) denmark can only make it when they beat brazil, so i think china would be the other candidate for the quarterfinals.

much more fun in group c. australia on first place with 4 points and 5 :2 goals, secon is norway - also 4 points but only 3:2 goals and with 3 points on third place canada with also 5:2 goals. so norway beating ghana is a settled game, but the devil is a squirrel ;D. so whoever wins in the game canada vs australia will be in the quarterfinal. if canada wins, norway will be first and australia out. and if australia wins they will be first and canada will be out. well honestly i will be very happy when we are in the k.o. rounds and all this guessing is over =D

oh and i also found out that the scale that measures windspeed is named by the british admiral francis beaufort ... and to be a hurricane, or typhoon or winter gale it has to reach at least 12.

see, i learned a lot today =D