Ophelia whomever he wants. Ophelia's father, Polonius, who enters while Laertes is leaving, also forbids Ophelia from pursuing Hamlet, as Polonius fears that Hamlet is not earnest about her. In Ophelia's next appearance, she tells Polonius that Hamlet rushed into her room with his clothing askew and a "hellish" expression on his face; he only stared at her, nodding three times without speaking to her. Based on what Ophelia told him, Polonius concludes that he was wrong to forbid Ophelia from seeing Hamlet, and that Hamlet must be mad with love for her. Polonius immediately decides to go to Claudius, the
Hurricane Ophelia (2005) million (2005 USD; $77.3 million 2008 USD). On October 7, President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency for ten counties in North Carolina as a result of Ophelia. In New England and Canada, overall damage was minimal, and only brief, sporadic power outages were reported. One indirect storm-related fatality was reported in Nova Scotia as a result of a person falling during minor roof repairs. In Newfoundland, over 1.96 inches (50 millimeters) of rain fell over parts of the eastern region of the province. Hurricane Ophelia (2005) Hurricane Ophelia was the fifteenth named tropical cyclone and the eighth