I kid you not... Super Typhoon Longwang headed for Taiwan.

Started by Geowhizzer, September 29, 2005, 11:00:56 PM

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Geowhizzer

September 29, 2005, 11:00:56 PM
This one's going to be at least a 3 when it hits Taiwan, which I think has gotten several already.

Super Typhoon Longwang.

Father Demon

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September 29, 2005, 11:07:11 PM
I lived through about 8 typhoons while stationed on Okinawa.  One was a super-typhoon, and Okinawa is a small island with no place to go.

I thought they were a blast.  Of course, we were locked in the dorm with nothing but liquor and food for three days.  And the girlfriend...   :yay
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SD_Eagle5

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September 29, 2005, 11:19:29 PM Last Edit: September 29, 2005, 11:25:09 PM by SD_Eagle
I was stationed on a Destroyer (USS STETHEM DDG 63) in 97, we were coming back from Australia and hit a small typhoon. Ship was going all over the place and was completely under water half the time. We lost several man overboard rafts and half our flight deck nets were ripped off. It was freaking crazy. People were puking left and right and there were footprints on the bulkheads (walls).

Phanatic

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September 29, 2005, 11:58:32 PM
Been through a few Typhoons myself on Guam. There were some great parties in the barracks. Our windows could sustain a coconut at 50 mile an hour. Was drunk and tested that with a beer bottle one night.  :paranoid The bottle broke.
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PhillyPhanInDC

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September 30, 2005, 08:36:05 AM
Yeah, Typhoons were like small hurricanes with more water (Yes, really) and less damaging winds. We had a farging ball whenever one came through while either on Okinawa or the mainland. We used to sit on chairs with casters and use broomsticks with sheets tied to them like little sailboats and fly around the parking lot in the 50-60MPH winds. Anyone ever hear the urban legend about the guy jumping out his barracks window at 32 degrees? No wait....35 degrees....
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QB Eagles

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September 30, 2005, 10:23:28 AM
Typhoons and hurricanes are the exact same thing. The only difference is where they are located. Due to climatic differences between the tropical Atlantic and tropical Pacific, typhoons are on average more numerous and more intense, but that's just on average. Nothing small about them; Super Typhoon Tip is the biggest tropical cyclone on record, 1,350 miles wide.

Phanatic

#6
September 30, 2005, 11:44:34 AM
Quote from: PhillyPhaninDC on September 30, 2005, 08:36:05 AM
Yeah, Typhoons were like small hurricanes with more water (Yes, really) and less damaging winds. We had a farging ball whenever one came through while either on Okinawa or the mainland. We used to sit on chairs with casters and use broomsticks with sheets tied to them like little sailboats and fly around the parking lot in the 50-60MPH winds. Anyone ever hear the urban legend about the guy jumping out his barracks window at 32 degrees? No wait....35 degrees....

I remember a guy getting in his wet suit and sailing across the parking lot in the middle of Typhoon Omar with a sheet. Now that I think back, that was rather dumb of. Booze + Typhoon party =  :poison
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MURP

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September 30, 2005, 12:53:57 PM
hope you guys tell these stories on recruiting trips.

Phanatic

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September 30, 2005, 12:54:47 PM
Your tax money at work...  :paranoid
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September 30, 2005, 02:52:11 PM
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