Typhoon with 230 mph wind gusts and is making landfall

[Hawk]

:lol:

 

i have lucked out when it comes to natural disasters. i escaped the brunt of emong, and nestled comfortably in legaspi for two weeks next to mayon, an active volcano that holds the distinction of being the world's most perfectly-formed cone... and a month after i flew home it blew its top and half the province was evacuated. then last year i drove across upland ecuador, took a picture in front of snowcapped chimborazo, and saw on the news the next day that it'd erupted out of freaking nowhere and the country was mobilizing to evacuate the surrounding communities.

 

i'm starting to rethink this russia thing

 

you too huh....

 

 

a number of years ago I was in Cozumel and a couple days later, the ferry was hijacked, the crew or at least part of the crew was murdered

 

the last time I was in Paris....two days later the Concorde crashed

 

both times I was in New Orleans...the days before, during and forever since after, the entire city was covered in filth and the air was full of stink

 

 

ok...I won't take credit for that last one but the first two are true stories.

[Chimera]

Close calls. Seems like the Philippines always have something going on, whether a typhoon earthquake or volcano.

[Ja Rhule]

Don't wanna piss on anyone parade but 260kmh is not 230 mph. It's 160mph.

[mr beauxjangles]

Don't wanna piss on anyone parade but 260kmh is not 230 mph. It's 160mph.

 

Different sources giving different speeds...this via CNN:

 

With sustained winds of 315 kph (195 mph) and gusts as strong as 380 kph (235 mph), Super Typhoon Haiyan was churning across the Western Pacific toward the central Philippines.

[g5jamz]

I didn't think it was the 80s, but I I thought I remembered a story about some of our military raping or killing

a young teen and they wanted us out completely but I'm not sure.  

 

You might be thinking of Okinawa.

 

[Darth Biscuit]

Don't wanna piss on anyone parade but 260kmh is not 230 mph. It's 160mph.

 

Yeah, that's the SUSTAINED winds... they are gusting as high as 230 near the core of the storm.

 

Everything I've seen says that those winds probably won't make landfall, but still...

 

160MPH is insane.

 

I've been thru three that had sustained winds at 115...  I can't imagine 160, much less 200+.

 

Nothing will survive.

[Squirrel]

Officially max gust winds are 235 mph 195  substained.

 

 

[Scrumtrilescent]

Yeah, that's the SUSTAINED winds... they are gusting as high as 230 near the core of the storm.

 

Everything I've seen says that those winds probably won't make landfall, but still...

 

160MPH is insane.

 

I've been thru three that had sustained winds at 115...  I can't imagine 160, much less 200+.

 

Nothing will survive.

 

BS.

 

[Darth Biscuit]

Okay... nothing but that...

[Squirrel]

50foot waves yikes!

[Captain Morgan]

You might be thinking of Okinawa.

 

 

 

 

think you're right.

[the butch]

The satellite photos are crazy:

 

 

 

 

 

[Kevin Greene]

The only @hole happy about this.

 

[h0llywood]

My mom is there right now. We've been trying to get her to come home from business the past year and she was supposed to come home for Thanksgiving. Hopefully she is safe there I can only brace for the worst in terms of overalls casualties.