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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| Typhoon Wipha slams into China's east coast | |
| 2007-09-19 | |
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #5 g: Yeah, the storm was nothing. Like every typhoon I've ever been in in Asia, it was just some wind and rain. In Ningbo, there aren't even any trees blown down, much less power outages or roofless houses. The reason that these cause so much damage are due to the flimsy construction of houses in the countryside, and the general idiocy of the population. I've been through some of these typhoons. They are nothing like the hurricanes we get on the east coast stateside. But the locals (Chinese) like to crow about how well constructed their homes are compared to flimsy Americans shacks. Whatever. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-09-19 08:40 |
| #4 gr*mky, "general idiocy of the population." Sounds like you are describing us New Orleanians too. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-09-19 08:09 |
| #3 Yeah, the storm was nothing. Like every typhoon I've ever been in in Asia, it was just some wind and rain. In Ningbo, there aren't even any trees blown down, much less power outages or roofless houses. The reason that these cause so much damage are due to the flimsy construction of houses in the countryside, and the general idiocy of the population. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-09-19 04:49 |
| #2 Doing the conversions and calculations this makes it the lower end of CAT-2 storm. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-09-19 02:46 |
| #1 Wipha may wiphe them clean. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-09-19 01:02 |