BIG Typhoon Headed for Okinawa

[vito]

We got the outer band of it. Just windy enough to mess with the veggie garden. Cats got cabin fever tho.

[vito]

Oh great...Ya had to say typhoon. Clean up time.

Only 110 knot gusts

[MaineVette]

Sorry.

If it makes you feel any better, we had a huge rain/wind storm come through Southern Maine last night. It was packing hurricane force winds. Pretty crazy. About half the state is without power. They say it could take a week to get everyone back online.

Thankfully we have a generator!

[vito]

This is not good. To make matters worst it is moving at 3 MPH

Already used to lock ins

https://www.stripes.com/blogs/pacific-s ... 2-1.641476

[nwav8tor]

Reviving a 3 y/o thread eh Vito?

Better hold onto your hat (and everything else you've got)!

Good luck and wishes for no damage and if there must be any, only short power outages.

Paul

[vito]

Kadena Air Base declared Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1-Caution at 3:45 p.m. Monday, meaning winds of up to 45 mph were occurring. The 18th Wing Weather Flight’s wind-forecast timeline indicated destructive winds of 58 mph or greater could occur by 8 p.m.

The typhoon is expected to pass 64 miles southwest of Kadena at 5 a.m. Tuesday, according to the 18th Wing Weather Flight. Sustained winds could exceed 138 mph by 9 a.m., with gusts higher than 167 mph.

[nwav8tor]

So...you could outrun the wind in your car right?

[vito]

Bob has the only car that can out run a typhoon or small aircraft.

This one is heading for Korea now. If you remember So. Korea, there is going to be a lot of roofs flying around

[nwav8tor]

How did you fare?

[vito]

We actually made it okay. Thanks. This one was really moving slow. Starting cleaning at 0530 and finished around 0700. The banana crops took a hugh hit, broken trees every where.



We have another one coming this weekend. Heading to the commissary this tomorrow.