Hurricane Ivan

who's unlucky enough to be in its path? as of right now i am

[Rnett]

Not me, but take care.

[moonshells]

Hi all

I'm from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Hurricane Ivan passed us on Tuesday. Fortunately we were not affected much by Ivan, just lots of rain. Our sister isle Tobago got most of the effects but not as bad as Grenada.

[moonshells]

good luck to those who are in its path

Originally Posted by moonshells

Hi all

I'm from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Hurricane Ivan passed us on Tuesday. Fortunately we were not affected much by Ivan, just lots of rain. Our sister isle Tobago got most of the effects but not as bad as Grenada.

You know how bad it hit there though? in tobago

[moonshells]

In Tobago roofs were blown off and palm trees fell over roads. One person died when a tree fell on her home.
The eye passed north of Tobago. So we were lucky we didn't get the full force of it.

ouch.... looks like if it stays on course im in alot of trouble i really wanted this one to go out to sea

[RSchwind]

Hang in there! I live right in the path of most of the Typhoons this year (Japanese Hurricane).

[Azeem]

I lived on Guam for some time and we've had constant typhoons. Typhoons aren't "Japanese Hurricanes". To be more accurate, they're "Pacific Tropical Storms". I've been through four major typhoons (Roy, Yuri, Omar, and Paka) and several small ones, so I understand quite well how much of a pain it can be. Paka, the strongest of the four, had wind gusts up to 232 mph . Guam is right in the middle of "Typhoon Alley", being right at the location of the warmest ocean in the world (the area around the Marianas Islands). But then again, Guam has the fortune of being a very hilly island protected by large barrier reefs, so typhoon damage isn't always cataclysmic.

yea i prolly have to leave to my tampa home or out of state.. im in clearwater right nowand this is what the area would look like if it got hit if it is a cat 5 and on the same track



imma be underwater

[RSchwind]

[quote]

Originally Posted by Azeem

I lived on Guam for some time and we've had constant typhoons. Typhoons aren't "Japanese Hurricanes". To be more accurate, they're "Pacific Tropical Storms". I've been through four major typhoons (Roy,

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Typhoon--- From the Chinese "taai"=Great "fung"=wind;or hurricane

taken from websters and 2 of my Japanese dictionaries.

[Azeem]

I wasn't referring to that. I was referring to the way you called them "Japanese Hurricanes". "Typhoons" aren't anything unique to Japan (especially when they don't hit Japan as much as they do the Marianas and Micronesian islands ) and are specifically storms that form in the warmer equatorial regions of the Pacific Ocean, thus they are indeed Pacific Tropical Storms.

And I'm already aware of the root words of tropical storms (Hurricane = the Mayan "Hurakan", Typhoon = the Chinese "Tai Feng" or the Japanese "Taifuu").

But then again, I probably misunderstood your point the first time around.

[RSchwind]

Gotcha. We're on the same page now. I was just translating the word for those who don't know. Some people mistake Typhoon for Tsunami. Didn't mean to exclude the rest of the Pacific.

[virus2]

Originally Posted by Parisi

ouch.... looks like if it stays on course im in alot of trouble i really wanted this one to go out to sea

Run as fast as you can north. Looks like it will make landfall at your place. I heared it's 160 something now (checked yesterday).

[Nidien]

I want/wish/hope this hurricane dissapear!! My family lives in Cuba, Havana (old havana) and i am afraid for them. *crossfingers hoping ivan change the category to a very small tropical storm*

[claudio]

i am glad to live further north in the washington area
only some realy heavy storms come up here

it wobbled to the west

[Scott7]

People in New York are such sissies... We get a little bit of rain thats left over from these hurricanes and the CANCEL SCHOOL! Hey, I guess I shouldn't complain.

I hope all you Floridians get through okay.