Bermuda was celebrating a narrow escape from a hurricane last week. Hurricane "Easy"* had roared up from the region north of Puerto Rico, curved toward the northeast, and was bearing down on Bermuda with house-smashing 160 m.p.h. winds. Tourists were huddled indoors behind boarded-up windows. Natives, expecting the worst, had battened down all hatches. Then "Easy" swerved sharply toward the east, its center missing Bermuda by 80 miles. At the same time, the force of its winds diminished. Bermuda got only a mild gale that blew down a few banana trees.
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