BIG Typhoon Headed for Okinawa

[nwav8tor]

Sure hope Vito and his Vette (oh, and his family too) make it through this storm without any damage or injuries. It'd be nice if they didn't lose power either...

Good Luck Vito!


Paul

[MaineVette]

Yep, he sent me a few messages over the past few days and it sounded like they were expecting to take it pretty hard. In one e-mail he sent a picture of rain just pouring down. Said they received 36" of rain over the course of 6 hours. At that rate he might want to consider converting the Vette to an Arc.

Here's a news article, said the winds were gusting up to 160 mph in Okinowa.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/26/world/asi ... index.html

Hopefully all is well.

[vito]

Paul, Tim

Thanks for thinking of us. We made it through 0kay. No damage as of yet, To compound things we went into Tornado watch late Monday I wrapped the vette like a cocoon. Need to unwrap it to dry it out now. Glad we didn't lose power, things would ahve gotten hot inside the house. From what I heard on the news about 60,000 people lost power and over 500 people went into community centers for the duration. Glad it wasn't as big as advertised on CNN, we had a lot worst here. Just curious why these things happen on the weekends

How is rbryce1 doing? I heard that there is a storm down his neck of the woods as well.

Tim I am going to send you some pictures.

Thanks all

Vito

[vito]

might want to consider converting the Vette to an Arc.

interesting, boats are made of fiberglass as well.

[MaineVette]

He lives! Glad to hear you made it through ok. Judging by the photos you sent it looks like you made it relatively unscathed. I'm surprised at how few people lost power. Is it just because Okinawa is a relatively small island?

The hurricane down in the gulf is just missing Florida. My father-in-law lives in Tampa and works for the power company. Thus far, things have been pretty calm. Looks like New Orleans is going to take it in the pants again though. Should only be a cat 1 when it makes landfall though.

Here are the photos Vito sent me:

Vette before the Typhoon - apparently Vito must own stock in saran wrap and duct tape





Vette after the typhoon - Vito's wrapping job worked out pretty good.





Truck tied to the front gate - personally I would have used duct tape instead of rope



Cell phone video from the storm on Monday (click to watch)

[vito]

Here are the photos Vito sent me:

Vette before the Typhoon - apparently Vito must own stock in saran wrap and duct tape

I went and bought industral wrap from the hardware store. I was the only thing I could think of that would hold the car cover in place. It worked

Truck tied to the front gate - personally I would have used duct tape instead of rope

Ran out of tape on the A/C units

[vito]

Dame, need to go get more tape and plastic. We are in for another typhoon next Sunday and Monday

[nwav8tor]

Good luck during this one also...

Note to self: Buy stocks in plastic and duct tape!!!

[vito]

Good luck during this one also...

Note to self: Buy stocks in plastic and duct tape!!!

Note to Self: construct garage ASAP

Typhoon prep is always a bitch.

[vito]

Typhoon #17 is on its way packing a bigger punch. CAT-5, wind gusts to 219 MPH.

http://kadenaforcesupport.com/weather.html click on typhoon time line