SuperTyphoons

[Bad_azz]

I have been working on some Zooniverse typhoon / cyclone images recently so I enjoyed reading this, I thought it was informative and interesting.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/super-typhoons-beware-surge-160915090418280.html


I found a few interesting articles:
http://www.australiangeographic.com...-meranti-earth’s-biggest-storm-in-three-years

And some fascinating images:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...meranti-the-strongest-storm-on-earth-in-2016/

 

[fastpitch17]

Yes, images from space are quite impressive and not threatening. On the ground as one passes over is quite different. Been there, done that for 20 hours as a super typhoon passed over moving very slowly and included a eye that lasted 3 hours with beautiful weather in it. Then, the eye ended and hell returned.

 

[Bad_azz]

Yes, to be in the midst of things must surely be a frightening and dangerous experience.

The part that interested me in the first article was about the sea surges and how dangerous/threatening they are.
What about those of you who live on the northern coasts of Indonesia- do you guys witness these events?

 

[fastpitch17]

Yes, to be in the midst of things must surely be a frightening and dangerous experience.

The part that interested me in the first article was about the sea surges and how dangerous/threatening they are.
What about those of you who live on the northern coasts of Indonesia- do you guys witness these events?

Not on the North part of Sumatra but I can relate to sea surges.
I was on Guam in 76 when Pamela hit straight on. The Southern part of the island is rather ow and during the typhoon it was completely covered with water and waves were actually going across the island from one side to the other for a distance of around 3 to four miles. Many houses destroyed in the surge. The rest of Guam has a lot of cliffs and was protected by them from any surges. Needless to say, being elevated the winds were not so nice. 12 inch steel beams twisted into pretzels after solid concrete walls were blown away.

 

[Anglian]

I experienced a typhoon in the 60s at the old Kai Tak airport in HK, the sea level normally was 7 to 8 foot below the top of the sea wall, everybody was quite surprised to find we were flooded by over a foot of sea water on the typhoons passing, the sea level had raised about 10 feet,quite scary if the get a super typhoon in HK now

 

[Bad_azz]

I experienced a typhoon in the 60s at the old Kai Tak airport in HK, the sea level normally was 7 to 8 foot below the top of the sea wall, everybody was quite surprised to find we were flooded by over a foot of sea water on the typhoons passing, the sea level had raised about 10 feet,quite scary if the get a super typhoon in HK now

Yeah, I guess there are a lot of coastal areas/ cities that are rather vulnerable.

I guess it is just a matter of time before the next massive natural disaster- sadly.