... and hits Manhattan?I'm hoping she swings north.
With Hurricane Florence poised to punish military bases in the Carolinas and southern Virginia, efforts by the armed forces to respond to storms on the other side of the world got overlooked.
But in the Northern Marianas Islands, sailors and Marines began rescue and recovery operations on Rota Wednesday morning, hours after Typhoon Mangkhut ravaged it.
Commanded by Navy Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, Task Force 76 executed a brilliant bit of seamanship as Mangkhut barreled west toward Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Rota, scooting just beyond the reach of its powerful winds and waves and then tucking the warships behind it to trail in the typhoon’s wake.
“We safely and aggressively positioned ourselves behind the typhoon, so as soon as it passed we were able to respond,” Cooper told Navy Times early Thursday local time from the bridge of the Wasp, his amphibious flagship.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/13/asia/typhoon-mangkhut-superlatives-wxc-trnd/index.htmlPacking winds higher than 201 miles per hour and driving waves 50 feet high, the eye of the storm is about 500 miles west of Manila moving west-northwestward on a trajectory likely to tear across the northern Philippines, destroying rice crops and pancaking houses in a rural region that’s home to 10 million residents.
Yeah, I have been chatting with friends in the Raleigh area and while the expect rain and some flooding it won't be like the low lying coastal areas. The big problem is loss of power for extended periods which means loss of refrigeration along with being in the dark. Sitting in the dark drinking warm beer sucks!My daughter just moved there a few weeks ago! She’s near Raleigh so probably not in much risk but the army (Ft. Bragg) is telling people to prepare for a week without power.
As long as you know they are doing OK, that's the important thing.My daughter in Sanford still has power but many in the area have lost power.
http://www.sanfordherald.com/news/l...cle_01900bde-b82d-11e8-9ab3-83ae24239a98.html
Downgraded to Category 1 this morning, so the fear level is declining.
A North Carolina meteorologist reporting on Hurricane Florence was forced to abandon his live broadcast mid-sentence — just as his building began to flood, video shows.
... a natural born thespian indeed ...Heh, heh... a little bit of added drama on the Weather Channel...
Heh, heh... a little bit of added drama on the Weather Channel...
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