Okinawa Is About To Be Raped By A Super Typhoon
09-09-2003, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric Happy Meal' date='Sep 9 2003, 12:34 PM
so whatr you gonna do with your car?
09-09-2003, 04:47 PM
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We are watching one out in the Atlantic right now and I have had to run from a couple. I hope all goes well for you.
I remember boarding up my house and evacuating for Hurricane Floyd. I remember looking back at my house as I pulled away and thinking this is the last time I will see it in one piece. Thank god it turned at the last minute. A friend of mine lost his vacation hom ein the Bahamas from that one.
Again Good Luck to you, be safe.
I remember boarding up my house and evacuating for Hurricane Floyd. I remember looking back at my house as I pulled away and thinking this is the last time I will see it in one piece. Thank god it turned at the last minute. A friend of mine lost his vacation hom ein the Bahamas from that one.
Again Good Luck to you, be safe.
09-09-2003, 05:29 PM
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Right now the only vision I have in my head is a bunch of Japanese people pointing at a huge 100ft wave and the running away screaming.
Hope everything goes alright for you. Flooding isnt cool. I had to deal with that 2 years ago
Hope everything goes alright for you. Flooding isnt cool. I had to deal with that 2 years ago
09-09-2003, 05:29 PM
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Yep, Okinawan buildings are made like bunkers. Cubic concrete shelters with protection for the windows. But places like garages usually are more like shacks. Hey Dragon, are there old tires on the roof of The Shop?
Okinawa sees these typhoons quite often. Almost nothing major gets messed up ever. A few street lights and business signs get trashed, but that's about it. They are prepared for this stuff. I actually find it funny (funny = when it happens to other people, tragedy = when it happens to you) when houses along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast get blown all to hell. If they keep making homes they way they do in America where they get pummeled by hurricanes then **** 'em. If you don't want to die in a hurricane, either move to where hurricanes aren't or make a home that's strong. We need less stupid people in the world anyway. Ever read The Three Little Pigs? Remember which house was still standing after all the huffing and puffing? Neither the straw house nor the wood house remained. Same thing with mobile homes and wood frame homes. Build the homes in these areas like they do in Oki and hurricanes will no longer be much of an issue. So what if they're ugly? They'll take the worst beating a hurricane can dish out and still be standing afterwards. But Americans will never get smart. Everytime a hurricane comes through it'll be the same story over again.
So, where can somebody move to escape harsh weather? Seattle of course! Summer isn't hot, winter isn't cold. Rain? Less than most other cities. The precipitation here isn't like rain usually. It's more like a 5 month long misting bottle spraying down the whole region. Summer time is very dry but winter is best described as "blehh". Plus we have a volcano nearby that's overdue to pop. Tornados? Not out here. Earthquakes? No more than most anywhere else along fault lines. But other than that, the weather here never gets bad enough to kill. It's just depressing half of the year.
Okinawa sees these typhoons quite often. Almost nothing major gets messed up ever. A few street lights and business signs get trashed, but that's about it. They are prepared for this stuff. I actually find it funny (funny = when it happens to other people, tragedy = when it happens to you) when houses along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast get blown all to hell. If they keep making homes they way they do in America where they get pummeled by hurricanes then **** 'em. If you don't want to die in a hurricane, either move to where hurricanes aren't or make a home that's strong. We need less stupid people in the world anyway. Ever read The Three Little Pigs? Remember which house was still standing after all the huffing and puffing? Neither the straw house nor the wood house remained. Same thing with mobile homes and wood frame homes. Build the homes in these areas like they do in Oki and hurricanes will no longer be much of an issue. So what if they're ugly? They'll take the worst beating a hurricane can dish out and still be standing afterwards. But Americans will never get smart. Everytime a hurricane comes through it'll be the same story over again.
So, where can somebody move to escape harsh weather? Seattle of course! Summer isn't hot, winter isn't cold. Rain? Less than most other cities. The precipitation here isn't like rain usually. It's more like a 5 month long misting bottle spraying down the whole region. Summer time is very dry but winter is best described as "blehh". Plus we have a volcano nearby that's overdue to pop. Tornados? Not out here. Earthquakes? No more than most anywhere else along fault lines. But other than that, the weather here never gets bad enough to kill. It's just depressing half of the year.
09-09-2003, 07:15 PM
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My house is 1 mile from the intercoastal and 2 miles from the ocean. BUT I have a 15 foot tall hill right behind the house I have stood on my back porch during a 100 MPH wind hurricane and could not feel even a breeze. It all flows over the hill and over my house. Gotta love aerodynamics!
I ran from Floyd because it was a category 5 hurricane. They usually spawn off a ton of tornados. I decided to move out of the way.
I agree Jerk Racer. The government allowed insurance companies to drop the coastal clients. My friends house in the Bahama's was not insured. But when you break it down he is still ahead of the game. To insure it would cost over $10K a year. His partner in the house and him put that premium money in a bank account every year. They had the house for 12 years before this happened. It cost them $80K to rebuild it.
I ran from Floyd because it was a category 5 hurricane. They usually spawn off a ton of tornados. I decided to move out of the way.
I agree Jerk Racer. The government allowed insurance companies to drop the coastal clients. My friends house in the Bahama's was not insured. But when you break it down he is still ahead of the game. To insure it would cost over $10K a year. His partner in the house and him put that premium money in a bank account every year. They had the house for 12 years before this happened. It cost them $80K to rebuild it.
