220mph gusts? cripes!

As of Thursday afternoon Eastern time, Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, had estimated maximum sustained winds of 195 mph with gusts above 220 mph, which puts the storm in extraordinarily rare territory. Since 1969, only three storms have had sustained winds close to this magnitude — Hurricane Camille in 1969, Super Typhoon Tip in 1979, and Hurricane Allen in 1980. No storm in the Atlantic has ever been stronger than Haiyan, according to The Weather Channel.

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Certainly looks to be a nasty one :(
I am impressed with the pics of it though, the eye is perfectly formed and very well defined.
Cue the climate change “expert opinions”.

Divine Angel said:

Certainly looks to be a nasty one :(
I am impressed with the pics of it though, the eye is perfectly formed and very well defined.
Cue the climate change “expert opinions”.

the stronger they are the tighter the eye. there is wrath in that stare!

I was trying to find a comparison with Cyclone Yasi, according to what I could find, Yasi was a gentle breeze @ 285kph compared to Haiyan gusting up to 379kph.

Fee said:

I was trying to find a comparison with Cyclone Yasi, according to what I could find, Yasi was a gentle breeze @ 285kph compared to Haiyan gusting up to 379kph.

I found this but it’s pretty dumb.

Oh FFS!

I was going to watch both the bible doco and the wellington bomber doco on SBS.

Was looking forward to both of them.

It seems SBS has changed their mind and have fucking football on for 4 hours instead.

Divine Angel said:

Fee said:

I was trying to find a comparison with Cyclone Yasi, according to what I could find, Yasi was a gentle breeze @ 285kph compared to Haiyan gusting up to 379kph.

I found this but it’s pretty dumb.

That was the best of what I found too… thanks :)

Just popped into to see if this has been posted on

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2573

“Thus, Haiyan had winds of 190 – 195 mph at landfall, making it the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in world history. The previous record was held by the Atlantic’s Hurricane Camille of 1969, which made landfall in Mississippi with 190 mph winds.”

Cheers to the FNDC persons.

Do you even know how to play a trombone, Angus?

Wrong thread, apologies to the victims of super typhoons.

Far out, I hope our customers over there don’t get washed out. They did mention yesterday morning they were going into lockdown and might not be answering their emails for the next few days.

DA pointed out how tight the eye is. The impressive bit is how solid the surrounding disc(before it breaks off into the spiral arms) is. How wide is that?

I think I heard 600km on the radio last night. I could be mistaken.

Various media keep referring to Haiyan as “the world’s strongest storm this year”. It’s making me wonder what they’re really trying to say that isn’t allowed.

buffy said:

I think I heard 600km on the radio last night. I could be mistaken.

I heard that too, with a 12km eye.

By my estimation the central wind complex is 320 km’s accross!

Riff-in-Thyme said:

DA pointed out how tight the eye is. The impressive bit is how solid the surrounding disc(before it breaks off into the spiral arms) is. How wide is that?

Riff-in-Thyme said:

By my estimation the central wind complex is 320 km’s across! approximately
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Riff-in-Thyme said:

DA pointed out how tight the eye is. The impressive bit is how solid the surrounding disc(before it breaks off into the spiral arms) is. How wide is that?

wow!

Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Could Hit 10,000 In Philippines

Riff-in-Thyme said:

wow!

Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Could Hit 10,000 In Philippines

Yet Australia is giving less than half a million dollars in aid.

Go Team Abbott!*

*Sarcasm

kii said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

wow!

Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Could Hit 10,000 In Philippines

Yet Australia is giving less than half a million dollars in aid.

Go Team Abbott!*

*Sarcasm

Well, we need to have money in the budget so they can attend weddings, sporting events and contract handovers for new houses…

kii said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

wow!

Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Could Hit 10,000 In Philippines

Yet Australia is giving less than half a million dollars in aid.

Go Team Abbott!*

*Sarcasm

Tony “Jeff Tracy” Abbott- “The world is in crisis Penelope. It is up to us to manage a response!”

Julie “Lady Penelope” Bishop- “Normal people are too weak to be helped. The only answer is to apply ‘technology’ to the problem. Brains??”

Gina “Brains” Rinehart- “The problem is money is too technical for everyday people. The only answer is to take it away from them!”

Joe “Virgin Tracy” Hockey- “I like your thinking Brains!!!”