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The phenomenon of a whirlstorm with rain is of ordinary occurrence; its violence alone makes it an exceptional event, but be it noted not a miraculous one. Nor are we justified in attributing the deluge to the rush of waters from the Persian Gulf, for this sheet of water is particularly sacred to Ea as the beginning of the "great deep."
The time when the catastrophe is to take place is vaguely indicated. When Shamash will bring on the time, then the lord of the whirlstorm Will cause destruction to rain upon you in the evening. The 'lord of the whirlstorm' is Ramman, and the reference to this deity specifies the manner in which the catastrophe will be brought about.
There is a gradual passage, from the small dust eddies, through larger whirlstorms such as that at Lough Neagh, to tornadoes and the largest cyclone; every step of the gradation might be verified by numerous examples; and if this book were a treatise on meteorology, it might be admissible to give them; but to do this would take up too much of my space, and I shall only now make some observations on the largest form of whirlstorm the dreaded cyclone.
When the time came For the lord of the whirlstorm to rain down destruction, I gazed at the earth, I was terrified at its sight, I entered the ship, and closed the door. To the captain of the ship, to Puzur-Shadurabu, the sailor, I entrusted the structure with all its contents. The description of the storm follows, in diction at once impressive and forcible.
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