It appeared off and on at first, then became a regular feature of five minutes or so on the local station.
An immediate result was that France's Toulon fleet under d'Estaing got safely away to America, where it appeared off New York and later assisted Sullivan in the unsuccessful siege of Newport.
The timing appears off as well.
To see how monstrous the storm really was, just look at this image that shows how it would have appeared off the U.S. East Coast.
"This was not a suicide attack," Mr. Cherkaoui said, adding that "it appears the bomb was set off remotely," in remarks carried by the official news agency, MAP.
Mrs. Clinton, it appears, got off easy.
With Mr Xi due to visit Washington in September, it appears facing off in the South China Sea is not enough for the two countries.
It was a guest at Baltimore-Washington Airport for two years, spent two more at the Richmond Convention Center and has now arrived in Indianapolis, where it appears roped off near the ticket counters.
But he doesn't explore the actual, quite fascinating decision to change course -- which (like everything of substance that day, it appears) happened off camera.
