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Typhoon hitting Hong Kong

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 6:58 am
by wvjohn
Serious business. They said it was officially a Cat2 but theose aren't Cat2 winds, even though HK is backed by mountains.


Re: Typhoon hitting Hong Kong

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:07 pm
by Losbot
1 - I don't believe those were Cat 2 winds. That looked a lot worse.
2 - Also just confirms the crappy quality of Chinese construction. I've seen SO MANY videos on LiveLeak where buildings and other structures fail and they're all from China.

Re: Typhoon hitting Hong Kong

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:11 pm
by Losbot
I also just read that Honk Kong signaled a T10. I went to look that up and found that it can exceed 136 mp/h. That's a huge range.:

"This signal means that hurricane force wind is expected or blowing with sustained speed reaching upwards from 118 km/h and gusts that may exceed 220 km/h."

Re: Typhoon hitting Hong Kong

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:33 am
by darcy
OMGoodness,, :(