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Super typhoon Haiyan slams the Philippines
One of the strongest storms ever recorded barreled into the Philippines packing powerful winds that will likely cause major devastation & 'a significant loss of life.'
umm, Aeson? You around?
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umm, Aeson? You around?Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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It's always the tin shacks which go first.
That said sustained winds of 190 mph would probably take off the roof of even braced buildings with roof straps on it. The 50 ft waves are just the ****ty topping on the cake.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate. -
That Typhoon started where I live folks.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?Comment
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You caused it? What a dick..
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er no I live in the islands East of the Phil, we caught some of itAny views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
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Glad you didn't get swept out to sea.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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We are far enough south that the storm wasnt too strong here. Power is out and might be for a while as it comes in from leyte to the north. They were directly in the path of the storm.Comment
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Ah, so the northern part of the Phils, unlike that earthquake. Bohol is a bit sheltered isn't it?Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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190+ mph, holy ****. Is there going to be any topsoil left in the North?Comment
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It looks like a real eraser.
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Glad you're OK, Aeson (and Horse). Hang in there.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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I live on Pohnpei in Micronesia, at least for another two weeks and then I'm going home.
This area of the Western Pacific generates the typhoons. Pohnpei is one of the wettest places on earth. There is an island near here called Kosrae which has mountains shaped like a sleeping lady - traditionally she is thought to have someting to do with it.
The typhoons start out as tropical storms and when they start spinning on the prevailing easterly winds they turn into typhoons and slam into the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan. This was a big one. It rained here very heavily and there were some high winds before it started spinning away. Although it rains so much here we hardly noticed. A big tree came down and brought down our power lines at home and blocked our road but we didn't actually relate it to the typhoon, which wasn't named yet.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
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So it's your fault?
I figured.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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that's good to hearAny views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
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