Wake Island - 08/31/06 06:41 PM
Anyone hear if it still exists after Ioke last night?
It used to look like this
It used to look like this
Re: Wake Island - 08/31/06 06:52 PM
Nothing yet. Gotta wait for the storm to pass before assessments can begin.
Right now Wake looks about like this"
Right now Wake looks about like this"
Re: Wake Island - 08/31/06 06:52 PM
Re: Wake Island - 08/31/06 08:06 PM
NOAA's West Pacific floater is only giving glimpses of this monster on the visible band:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-vis.html
Rainbow Infrared is positively scary:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-rb.html
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-vis.html
Rainbow Infrared is positively scary:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-rb.html
Re: Wake Island - 08/31/06 08:10 PM
Originally posted by JaTo:
NOAA's West Pacific floater is only giving glimpses of this monster on the visible band:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-vis.html
Rainbow Infrared is positively scary:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-rb.html
That was scarey the way the eye got smaller & the storm looked to get better defined in the last few frames.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 04:02 PM
'Super' Typhoon Slams Tiny Wake Island
Friday, September 01, 2006
Super Typhoon Ioke, a Category 5 storm and the strongest to hit the Pacific in more than a decade, slammed into tiny Wake Island Thursday, threatening to submerge the U.S. territory, U.S. Navy weather forecasters said.
The storm, packing sustained winds of more than 165 mph, with some gusts topping 190 mph, came ashore at about 10 a.m. ET, and was slowly tracking west, gaining strength over the warm tropical waters, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported. Wake Island is located about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu.
The U.S. Navy evacuated the island's 188 residents on Monday, flying the mostly military personnel and their families to Honolulu. Wake Island is home to a U.S. Air Force base and a scientific outpost, roughly midway between Hawaii and Japan, and serves as a key refueling stop for U.S. military aircraft in the Pacific.
Forecasters expect the monster storm to destroy everything on the 2.5-square-mile island that is not made of concrete.
Air Force officials said they plan to send planes over the island after the storm passes.
??We??re hoping everything turns out well,? said Maj. Clare Reed, spokeswoman for the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. But she said senior Air Force officers would decide what to do with the facility if Ioke causes so much destruction that troops and workers couldn??t return immediately.
??This thing is so strong that it??s just going to clean things out, unfortunately,? said Tim Craig, National Weather Service lead forecaster in Honolulu.
Ioke is the first Category 5 hurricane to develop in the central Pacific since record keeping began in the early 1960s.
It also is the most powerful storm to pass through the central Pacific since hurricanes Emilia and Gilma, both in July 1994.
Forecasts called for the storm to head northwest toward Japan over the open ocean after it passes over Wake Island. It is likely to gradually lose more of its power in coming days. No populated islands lie in Ioke??s immediate path.
The low-lying coral atoll also is the site of one of the most well-preserved military battlefields in the world. U.S. forces came under fire from the Japanese at the same time Pearl Harbor was attacked, sparking the U.S. declaration of war against Japan. The wreckage of at least four sunken Japanese warships sit off the coast, and numerous Japanese aircraft and other battle remnants are scattered about the island.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Super Typhoon Ioke, a Category 5 storm and the strongest to hit the Pacific in more than a decade, slammed into tiny Wake Island Thursday, threatening to submerge the U.S. territory, U.S. Navy weather forecasters said.
The storm, packing sustained winds of more than 165 mph, with some gusts topping 190 mph, came ashore at about 10 a.m. ET, and was slowly tracking west, gaining strength over the warm tropical waters, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported. Wake Island is located about 2,300 miles west of Honolulu.
The U.S. Navy evacuated the island's 188 residents on Monday, flying the mostly military personnel and their families to Honolulu. Wake Island is home to a U.S. Air Force base and a scientific outpost, roughly midway between Hawaii and Japan, and serves as a key refueling stop for U.S. military aircraft in the Pacific.
Forecasters expect the monster storm to destroy everything on the 2.5-square-mile island that is not made of concrete.
Air Force officials said they plan to send planes over the island after the storm passes.
??We??re hoping everything turns out well,? said Maj. Clare Reed, spokeswoman for the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. But she said senior Air Force officers would decide what to do with the facility if Ioke causes so much destruction that troops and workers couldn??t return immediately.
??This thing is so strong that it??s just going to clean things out, unfortunately,? said Tim Craig, National Weather Service lead forecaster in Honolulu.
Ioke is the first Category 5 hurricane to develop in the central Pacific since record keeping began in the early 1960s.
It also is the most powerful storm to pass through the central Pacific since hurricanes Emilia and Gilma, both in July 1994.
Forecasts called for the storm to head northwest toward Japan over the open ocean after it passes over Wake Island. It is likely to gradually lose more of its power in coming days. No populated islands lie in Ioke??s immediate path.
The low-lying coral atoll also is the site of one of the most well-preserved military battlefields in the world. U.S. forces came under fire from the Japanese at the same time Pearl Harbor was attacked, sparking the U.S. declaration of war against Japan. The wreckage of at least four sunken Japanese warships sit off the coast, and numerous Japanese aircraft and other battle remnants are scattered about the island.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 04:51 PM
Originally posted by JaTo:
NOAA's West Pacific floater is only giving glimpses of this monster on the visible band:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-vis.html
Rainbow Infrared is positively scary:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/wcpac/loop-rb.html
LOL! Used to work SSD!
-Andy
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 06:27 PM
Good thing global warming is a farce. 
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 06:43 PM
yes because there have never been any huge storms in the history of the world until now.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 06:45 PM
Originally posted by TGO:
yes because there have never been any huge storms in the history of the world until now.
Ya, next thing you know there'll be a volcano in Hawaii.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 07:07 PM
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by TGO:
yes because there have never been any huge storms in the history of the world until now.
Ya, next thing you know there'll be a volcano in Hawaii.
It's the Republicans fault.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 07:09 PM
Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by TGO:
yes because there have never been any huge storms in the history of the world until now.
Ya, next thing you know there'll be a volcano in Hawaii.
It's the Republicans fault.
Darn that GW!! I hate that guy!
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 07:13 PM
Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Ioke is the first Category 5 hurricane to develop in the central Pacific since record keeping began in the early 1960s.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 07:15 PM
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by TGO:
yes because there have never been any huge storms in the history of the world until now.
Ya, next thing you know there'll be a volcano in Hawaii.
It's the Republicans fault.
Darn that GW!! I hate that guy!
I wish GW had invented to internet.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 07:23 PM
Originally posted by Pete D:
Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Ioke is the first Category 5 hurricane to develop in the central Pacific since record keeping began in the early 1960s.
How about before record keeping? How about for the other 1960 years up until BC, and the millions prior?
*sigh*
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 07:31 PM
Originally posted by bishop375:
Originally posted by Pete D:
Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Ioke is the first Category 5 hurricane to develop in the central Pacific since record keeping began in the early 1960s.
How about before record keeping? How about for the other 1960 years up until BC, and the millions prior?
*sigh*
Come on, 40 years of record keeping obviously can account for millions of years of weather patterns!
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 08:34 PM
Originally posted by deftoned989:
Originally posted by bishop375:
Originally posted by Pete D:
Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Ioke is the first Category 5 hurricane to develop in the central Pacific since record keeping began in the early 1960s.
How about before record keeping? How about for the other 1960 years up until BC, and the millions prior?
*sigh*
Come on, 40 years of record keeping obviously can account for millions of years of weather patterns!
Yes, it's called SCIENCE !! these days. Oh, and nevermind the global cooling that was happening in the 70's. Scientists were just being silly. Just playin' with ya. Really!
And pay no attention to the study of the climate around the Mediterranian Sea having been warmer than it is now - as recently as the 14the century - and again during Roman times in the 7th century. Those scientific studies are obviously fake and total nonsense.
And the stories about the Sahara region having been a vast grassland & turning to desert long before human kind could have had a significant influence on climate, well it had to have been us that did that. Don't be fooled.
Damn GW.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 08:54 PM
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
And the stories about the Sahara region having been a vast grassland & turning to desert long before human kind could have had a significant influence on climate, well it had to have been us that did that.
It was the reptilian flatulance.
Damn Republican dinosaurs.
Re: Wake Island - 09/01/06 09:55 PM
So guys, anyone heard anything bout this Wake Island?