Typhoon Alerts in Japan
Added 2023-08-08 22:28:39 +0000 UTChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODNi7uWpLQ
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Interesting page report.... a beautiful place and culture and dangerous weather and geography. Cheers Jerry
Jerry Waker
2023-08-12 15:56:22 +0000 UTCWe had lots of effects from nearby typhoons, and 2 pretty memorable ones. One of them, "Karen" (kind of predictive, I guess!) was a 100-year storm that actually killed 11 people. The pilots stationed at the airbase (including my dad) had to fly all the planes off to a safer island, and he said that as he flew back, when he neared the island, having been totally out of radio contact since the storm hit, his heart dropped because the lush green island he'd left was now just a brown rock. He had no idea whether his family was even alive.
Sue Belzer
2023-08-08 22:49:01 +0000 UTCWhen we lived on Guam (my dad was a career Navy pilot), the Agana base had a 4-stage typhoon warning system: 4 meant to be prepared for a typhoon to hit the island within 72 hours; 3 within 48 hours; 2 within 24 hours; and 1 meant, "YOU ARE NOW IN A TYPHOON!" I don't recall ever seeing a "4" on the warning board--"normal" was 3.
Sue Belzer
2023-08-08 22:43:48 +0000 UTC
