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Wake Isle in Storm's Cross Hairs(190MPH Gusts & 36FT Waves. Wake's highest pt. is 20FT)
Star Bulletin ^
| August 31, 2006
| staff
Posted on 08/31/2006 10:18:14 AM PDT by kellynla
The Air Force is waiting for Super Typhoon Ioke to clear out of the way before it files back to survey Wake Island.
A Hickam Air Force Base spokesman said he does not expect that to occur until Sunday at the earliest. Once the 10,000-foot runway is deemed safe to use, an assessment team will be dispatched.
The super typhoon was expected to head straight for the three-island atoll. Last night, its eye was about 60 miles east of Wake, with the storm traveling west at about 10 mph.
"That's a bull's-eye, as far as I'm concerned," said Tim Craig, lead forecaster of the National Weather Service.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: typhoon; wakeisland; weather
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This may be the end of Wake Island. Everyone has been evacuated.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:18:15 AM PDT
by
kellynla
To: kellynla
2
posted on
08/31/2006 10:21:10 AM PDT
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: kellynla
Probably not. Its utility as an emergency landing site is too great.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:22:39 AM PDT
by
Al Gator
(Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
To: Al Gator
Its utility as an emergency landing site is too great. True - but the way they're talking is that you'll have to be in an amphib to use it after this.
4
posted on
08/31/2006 10:23:28 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: Tennessee_Bob
hehe ... the US military ARRIVED there in amphibs about 65 years ago ;-p
5
posted on
08/31/2006 10:24:40 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: kellynla
Wake Island was never destroyed by typhoons when Clinton was President...
6
posted on
08/31/2006 10:25:04 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Something is happening here but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?)
To: Jim Noble
7
posted on
08/31/2006 10:27:03 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Jim Noble
Does this have to do with Global Washing?
8
posted on
08/31/2006 10:27:05 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: kellynla
It already hit Wake last night, and not everyone evacuated; one elderly French meteorologist stayed on the Island.
It got the Southern Eyewall.
To: kellynla
10
posted on
08/31/2006 10:28:15 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: Strategerist
Everyone with a functioning brain was evacuated then.
11
posted on
08/31/2006 10:28:45 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: Strategerist
I got to give the French dude points for not running away . . . but do you think they'll even be able to find his body?
Seriously, I hope he survives and gets back in contact soon.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:29:24 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: kellynla
Clearly, typhoons must be banned...
Seriously, though, a storm of that magnitude will likely carry a 20-25 foot surge over the island, topped by 30-50 foot waves. The entire geography of Wake Island will be forever altered. Hopefully the runway will survive, but don't count on it.
At least they got everyone out in time.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:30:37 AM PDT
by
TampaDude
(If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
To: kellynla
Dunno about the end of Wake Island - the water will recede after the storm - but there might not be a lot left standing when it does. Lessee...20-foot maximum elevation, 36-foot waves...lemme get out my calculator...yeah. Yeah, I think I can see the problem here...
To: Billthedrill
Yeah, I think I can see the problem here... Yeah - so do I. Bush blew up the levees!
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:34:09 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: kellynla
It looks like Rove has re-programmed his weather machine to focus on the Pacific.
16
posted on
08/31/2006 10:36:35 AM PDT
by
skimask
(People who care what you do don't matter.......People who matter don't care what you do.)
To: Tennessee_Bob
Not really, storms surge over the island regularly. The water recedes, the buildings dry out, a week later the geckos are chasing the ants like nothing happened.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:43:36 AM PDT
by
Al Gator
(Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
To: skimask
Haliburton (KBR) has the rebuilding contracts for Wake Island.
Professional courtesy, of course.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:49:09 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Al Gator
Not storms like THIS one!
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:50:29 AM PDT
by
TampaDude
(If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
To: kellynla
I'm trying to fit in a "NO WAKE" sign joke in here somehow.
20
posted on
08/31/2006 10:51:31 AM PDT
by
freedomlover
(This tagline has been pulled - - - - Okay?)
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