hurricane season is comming!!
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For some of us those aren't just jokes, they're a way of life. Penalty you pay for living in paradise.
i dont even live there lol but iv been caught in hurricans before and been evacuated.
im out there again in 6 weeks
its worth it though.
im out there again in 6 weeks
its worth it though.
I've never been in a proper hurricane but when I used to live in the Philippines we would get mad typhoons - the damage could be overwhelming.
I cannot even imagine how much worse that must be!
I cannot even imagine how much worse that must be!
^ Until just now I didn't know the difference...
difference:
http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4087241.html
SEATTLE - Aside from the name, not much. Both are severe tropical systems that have wind speeds greater than 74 mph. They are called "hurricanes" in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. But once your go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons. And of course, the Australians, who have colorful names for just about everything, have their own term for hurricanes: "willy-willys."
Typhoons generally tend to be stronger than hurricanes, but only because there's warmer water in the western Pacific and are better conditions for storm development. And they've been known to affect Seattle: Some of our strongest windstorms ever recorded were remnants of a typhoon in the western Pacific.
difference:
http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4087241.html
SEATTLE - Aside from the name, not much. Both are severe tropical systems that have wind speeds greater than 74 mph. They are called "hurricanes" in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. But once your go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons. And of course, the Australians, who have colorful names for just about everything, have their own term for hurricanes: "willy-willys."
Typhoons generally tend to be stronger than hurricanes, but only because there's warmer water in the western Pacific and are better conditions for storm development. And they've been known to affect Seattle: Some of our strongest windstorms ever recorded were remnants of a typhoon in the western Pacific.
true i lived on GrandIsle lousiana for almost 20 years and have seen many.dragonfish;2947914; said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Isle,_Louisiana