Great Storm of 1987 from Portland Bill, Dorset to Cromer, Norfolk the return period of the respective gusts were under 10 years. Sustained winds speeds greater than 75 mph were recorded for over an hour in southern Britain. According to the Beaufort scale of wind intensities, this storm had winds of hurricane force 12 (73 mph or greater); as the term "hurricane" refers to tropical cyclones originating in the North Atlantic or North Pacific, the descriptor "great storm" has tended to be reserved for those storms in recent years reaching this velocity. Hurricanes have a very different wind profile and distribution from storms, and
Ropin' the Wind RIAA in 1998. In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts. It has gone to sell 17 million copies worldwide. The track "Shameless" is a cover of a Billy Joel song, previously recorded on his 1989 album "Storm Front". According to music review website Allmusic, "Ropin' the Wind" is the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Brooks commented on the album saying: ""Ropin' the Wind" was what we called the son of "Fences". "Ropin' the Wind" was made in