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Figure 13. Pilot buoy network. : 
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Figure 14. Above, hurricane winds battering 
the Florida shore. Below, storm damage to a 
shore residence. Improved weather forecasting 
and storm warning on land or sea require data 
gathered simultaneously from hundreds of 
locations on the world’s oceans. (Upper photo 
by Otis Imboden, © National Geographic 
Society; lower photo by B. Anthony Stewart, 
© National Geographic Society) 
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