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I feel pretty confident saying they've been a bit more frequent and of stronger intensity compared to when I was living there in the mid 2000's. It definitely seems to me that a lot of typhoons that probably would have hit Taiwan 10-15 years ago now swerve north pretty hard and end up hitting Korea or Japan instead. You get ridiculous shit like this now.
https://www.google.com/search?q=taiwan+typhoon+09/07&sxsrf=ALiCzsaM6bws3M3o9MyXxa2hJRuWhqbBNw:1663586305214&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8wZn23aD6AhVDmlYBHepiBE0Q_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&cshid=1663586340049552&biw=1536&bih=792&dpr=1.25#imgrc=Y6MM640oS36oHM
This was on course to hit Taiwan more or less down the middle, then it decided "well, maybe the Philippine's instead" and then it completely reversed course and noped off to fuck with, you guessed it, Korea and Japan. This type of shit has been happening a LOT in the last 10 years. Before that, I feel like typhoons traveled in much straighter lines on average.
7.6 is really devastating.
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my enemy the mosquito fire, dead!
happy birthday to me indeed.
It's not out, but it's not growing right now, at least.
“With the continued moisture, cooler temperatures and higher humidity, there was no new growth of the fire perimeter throughout the day.”
Yes, me and all my wife’s family are fine. It was in the south east. We were on the east coast at the time, but far to the north, so it was just a noticeable shaker of considerable length. All things considered, things could have been a lot worse, I think there was only one fatality as of yesterday with a few hundred injuries.
Thanks for checking up on me! My wife and I really appreciate it.
Edit: here’s a article that doesn’t seem to be paywalled.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/09/19/2003785552
I don't see any warnings on the national weather service site about potential big hurricanes so probably take that with a big grain of salt
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Predicting strength and probable landfall seems possible from the maps the models generate, but it's really not.
That's why the TBN (To Be Named).
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/weather/hermine-forecast-gulf-of-mexico/index.html
Well, dang it, lemme see if there's another one.
Edit: This one's not bad, whooo Taipei Times.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/09/19/2003785552
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From tonight to tomorrow mid-afternoon, we're expecting about 100mm of rain, 2m storm surges, and sustained winds of 100-110 km/h, with gusts up to 175km/h.
What I'm saying is that there is a distinct possibility a cow might hit our house.
So, Florida folks...
I have my 40th birthday at Universal in Orlando scheduled for next week. Family flying in from all over the country. Planned it for 3 years. God dammit.
Our flight lands Thursday the 29th at 3PM. Others arrive Friday AM and Saturday PM.
Having exactly zero experience with hurricanes and Forecasts - any thoughts on if I should cancel this?
So they ended up naming this one Ian, I'm not sure where that guy got the "Hermine" idea from but they also deleted their tweet so
Which is always a bad sign because I storms are the ones that end up getting retired the most.
Hurricane Ian is now a category 3 storm, and is making landfall in Cuba as I type this. After this it’s predicted to intensify and hit category 4 before weakening some as it hits the coastal waters near Florida, with a second landfall looking increasingly likely near Tampa as a category 2 or maybe even 3 storm.
I'm glad I remembered to bring my sweater up to bed w/ me. it was dang cold in my room this morning.
this is the small potatoes, of course.
I hope all you folks storm-ward survive with minimal damage and/or injury!
Yeah I’m like petrified zooming in to the actual bay, and the dozens of barrier islands and low peninsulas that just….disappear completely with 10 foot surge
And that’s just in Tampa Bay, not even counting further down the coast that gets the same surge but misses the worst winds (Charlotte/Sarasota as you mention)
By bhole is clenched looking at this from Ohio
Good news (sorta?) is it has shifted south so Tampa Bay should be on the Noth side and ok Ish. Bad news is the cities south of us are gonna take a stronger hurricane as it won't weaken as much
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
Possible (likely) tornado damage in Florida as Ian moves ever closer to landfall. Note that this is eastern Florida, opposite landfall side, near Boca Raton. The outer bands of Ian are producing a lot of rotation.
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