Strongest typhoon ever recorded

[KatMaestro]

I don't know if anybody on here notice, but last week, South East Asia and especially Philippines got hit by Typhoon Haiyian. With the max sustained wind of 315 km/h, the typhoon was strong enough to cause landfall. With the overkill power, it caused over 10,000 of people dead (Filipino gov est).

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/10/world/asia/philippines-typhoon-haiyan/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 [PHOTOS]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan_%282013%29
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/super-typhoon-haiyan-may-be-strongest-ever-recorded/article15371595/

What will you do if this monster (or a hurricane that as strong) ever hit your region/city/town?

[WadeFulp]

Get out of the way.

[Atlas]

Christ! That's super strong!

[DrClay]

At 11/11/13 03:18 PM, Elitistinen wrote: What will you do if this monster (or a hurricane that as strong) ever hit your region/city/town?

Probably be escorted to a safe zone, though I don't live near any water.

[Cyberdevil]

At 11/11/13 03:18 PM, Elitistinen wrote: What will you do if this monster (or a hurricane that as strong) ever hit your region/city/town?

Fly.

[SevenSeize]

At 11/11/13 03:18 PM, Elitistinen wrote: I don't know if anybody on here notice, but last week, South East Asia and especially Philippines got hit by Typhoon Haiyian. With the max sustained wind of 315 km/h, the typhoon was strong enough to cause landfall. With the overkill power, it caused over 10,000 of people dead (Filipino gov est).

It hasn't received nearly the attention I feel it should have, from the media. Most scientists and meteorologists are confident this was the strongest storm to ever exist on this planet, and 10,000 is a horrible number. We made it through Katrina and Rita....I cannot imagine this coming my way.

I'm about 100 miles inland, but I think I'd still leave if this presented here.

At 11/11/13 03:20 PM, WadeFulp wrote: Get out of the way.

Every time I look at photos of this storm--the eye in particular-- that is some insane stadium wall effect on the inside. Just wow.

[SneakyGameBoy]

Oh fuck. I would build myself a very strong and very deep underground bunker.

[NekoMika]

I would try getting away from the area as quickly as possible.

[WadeFulp]

Just to be clear, this storm is suspected to be the strongest storm ever recorded since we've been recording storms with satellites, which isn't all that long. So there may have been stronger storms 50+ years ago that we never knew about. There has almost certainly been stronger storms in the past. Stronger storms have also probably hit land, but back then there may not have been anyone there to record it, report about it, etc.

[WadeFulp]

Damage.

[supergandhi64]

my heart goes out to all the victims of this terrible disaster & their families lol

--supergandhi64

[Scarface]

At 11/11/13 03:20 PM, WadeFulp wrote: Get out of the way.

Jesus Christ. That thing looks like it could bury some of the smaller islands.

[WadeFulp]

Also a lesser typhoon hit Myanmar in 2008 killing at least 138,000 people.

[WadeFulp]

Close up.

[WadeFulp]

3D rendering that gives you an idea of how high the storm is.

[KatMaestro]

At 11/11/13 04:02 PM, WadeFulp wrote: Damage.

That reminded me of Katrina aftermath a lot. It probably going to take months to clean the mess and even years just to rebuild it.

[SevenSeize]

At 11/11/13 04:02 PM, WadeFulp wrote: Damage.

That is a devastating--but incredible--photograph. :-(

Don't they (Philippines) have a new tropical system approaching for this week?

[Shauna]

This is fucking awful and I saw it coming too. :(

[JRob]

Wow, Wade, I didn't know you were that interested in storms.

[dymck1]

Christ.

[Shauna]

I wish I could volunteer my help to them but all these fucking sites just want my money. Well what if someone doesn't have money but they have time? Hmmmmm?

[DarkMatter]

At 11/11/13 04:58 PM, Shauna wrote: I wish I could volunteer my help to them but all these fucking sites just want my money. Well what if someone doesn't have money but they have time? Hmmmmm?

Chances are certain religious organizations will organize relief efforts, I remember my church brought me along to New Orleans when Katrina swung in, but my mother helped pay for that no doubt, and yeah I don't do churches anymore soooo yeah.

[Psycho666]

He's everywehre!

[Natick]

i don't know how or if i could even react to this if i was living there

best wishes for the survivors

[Darthdenim]

That goddamn Bush.

Why didn't he do anything to prevent this?

[i-am-ghey]

to put it into persepective, the typical take off speed of an airliner is between 250km/h to 300km/h. if the winds were that strong, even an empty boeing 747 jet would be airborne.

haiyan is a very intense typhoon, but i doubt it is the strongest typhoon ever recorded. its size was relatively small compared with typhoon tip. the windfield was concentrated to a small region and i don't think haiyan contained nearly enough energy to top the list. the actual maximum wind speed near center of haiyan have not been recorded as well.

At 11/11/13 03:18 PM, Elitistinen wrote: What will you do if this monster (or a hurricane that as strong) ever hit your region/city/town?

in principle, modern buildings are designed to withstand 3-second gusts of up to 250 km/h but apparently the super typhoon was capable of producing wind speeds higher than this limit.

i would probably take shelter in hospital/stadium or even underground car park. shorter buildings are less prone to collapse than taller buildings.

there is virtually nothing those victims could do to save their lives. they have no time or resources to evacuate.

[Tony-DarkGrave]

And you expect us to do what about it? "Go aww that's horrible!" People die every day get over it.

[Darthdenim]

At 11/12/13 02:46 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: And you expect us to do what about it? "Go aww that's horrible!" People die every day get over it.

That's edgy as fuck, dude.

[FlockMastaBack]

At 11/12/13 02:46 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: And you expect us to do what about it? "Go aww that's horrible!" People die every day get over it.

I'm pretty sure they were just supplying a hypothetical as means of starting a discussion; quit arguing for the sake of arguing.

[YomToxic]

At 11/11/13 04:05 PM, WadeFulp wrote: 3D rendering that gives you an idea of how high the storm is.

SOMEONE had to do it.