http://sploid.gizmodo.com/super-typhon-haiyan-just-broke-all-scientific-intensity-1460295415?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

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"Writing for Quartz, meteorologist Eric Holthaus says that the super typhoon Haiyan about to hit the Philippines is the worst storm he has ever seen. With sustained winds of 190mph (305km/h) and staggering gusts of 230mph (370km/h), its "intensity has actually ticked slightly above the maximum to 8.1 on an 8.0 scale." Update: It broke 235mph."

11/7/2013 5:02:04 PM

largest isn't the word you wanted

11/7/2013 5:23:38 PM

11/7/2013 5:29:22 PM

I can run faster than that

11/7/2013 5:34:24 PM

I can sneeze faster than that

11/7/2013 5:38:19 PM

there's going to be ladyboys flying everywhere

11/7/2013 5:40:35 PM

Most powerful, lowest estimated pressure, highest wind speeds, but not largest.

11/7/2013 5:57:34 PM

Thanks, Obama

11/7/2013 5:59:17 PM

This is all mother nature at her finest. Obama wishes he was that powerful then maybe Obamacare wouldn't be such a failure!

11/7/2013 6:09:41 PM

Obama created the storm to get attention off of Obamacare

11/7/2013 6:51:08 PM

So how much money will Obama send in aid that we don't have?

11/8/2013 6:34:38 AM

Quote :

"With sustained winds of 315 kph (195 mph) and gusts as strong as 380 kph (235 mph), Haiyan was probably the strongest tropical cyclone to hit land anywhere in the world in recorded history. It will take further analysis after the storm passes to establish whether it is a record."

sustained winds of 195 mph and gusts as strong as 235 mph

11/8/2013 7:15:34 AM

^^ get outta here with that shit.

11/8/2013 7:57:26 AM

11/8/2013 8:00:59 AM

Quote :

"8.1 on an 8.0 scale"

unpossible

11/8/2013 8:08:48 AM

I AM EL NINO

ALL OTHER TROPICAL STORMS BOW BEFORE ME . . . .

11/8/2013 8:34:03 AM

Yea, largest was not the word i was looking for

11/8/2013 11:29:53 AM

Some footage: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/08/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE9A603Q20131108

11/8/2013 4:00:34 PM

Stats

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/11/12/47-statistics-that-explain-typhoon-haiyan/

11/12/2013 7:00:06 PM

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"U.S. aid pledged so far: $20 million Amount the U.S. paid to Spain for control of the Philippines, as part of an 1898 treaty: $20 million"

Replacement cost. They should be grateful.

11/12/2013 7:06:37 PM

Quote :

"Aid from China: $200,000"

11/12/2013 7:10:31 PM

^ stingy fuckers... Vietnam is giving a lot more (more than a mil).

And Japan is sending 25 emergency personnel. That's it.

11/12/2013 8:17:23 PM

Quote :

"Aid from Japan: $10 million"

11/12/2013 8:32:54 PM

your first mistake was reading that raghead terrorist's post. your second mistake was taking any value in it

11/12/2013 8:48:32 PM

thanks obama

11/12/2013 8:55:17 PM

^^^ what I said was from another page I read, a reliable website, I will see if I can dig it up.

And I skimmed through the link I posted and the Japan figure didnt register

Likely explanation is that the money had not been pledged when the other article that I read was written.


[Edited on November 12, 2013 at 9:13 PM. Reason : ]

11/12/2013 9:11:54 PM

Yup, checked it, it was a BBC link from a couple of days ago, as been updated now.

OK, this is cool:

Videographer Captures Footage of the Storm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24906576

Leave it to a white dude to go chasing a storm halfway across the world when the locals are trying to escape

11/12/2013 9:24:23 PM

So really china is giving 20,200,000?

11/12/2013 10:14:45 PM

The city of New Orleans will be providing police to beat up the survivors

11/13/2013 5:05:15 AM

That dude retweeted me after he got communication back up I had to turn my phone off for most of the day because seems like about 1000 phillipinos retweeted me after that. Knew he was gonna get some great footage those were some crazy winds.

11/13/2013 9:31:19 AM

repost from another thread:

From Dr. Masters:

Quote :

"Super Typhoon Haiyan is one of the most intense tropical cyclones in world history, with sustained winds an incredible 190 mph, gusting to 230 mph, said the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in their 15 UTC (10 am EST) November 7, 2013 advisory. Officially, the strongest tropical cyclone in world history was Super Typhoon Nancy of 1961, with sustained winds of 215 mph. However, it is now recognized (Black 1992) that the maximum sustained winds estimated for typhoons during the 1940s to 1960s were too strong. Since 1969, only three tropical cyclones have equaled Haiyan's 190 mph sustained winds--the Western Pacific's Super Typhoon Tip of 1979, the Atlantic's Hurricane Camille of 1969, and the Atlantic's Hurricane Allen of 1980. All three of these storms had a hurricane hunter aircraft inside of them to measure their top winds, but Haiyan's winds were estimated using only satellite images, making its intensity estimate of lower confidence. Some interpretations of satellite intensity estimates suggest that there may have been two super typhoons stronger than Tip--Super Typhoon Gay of 1992, and Super Typhoon Angela of 1995. We don't have any measurements of Haiyan's central pressure, but it may be close to the all-time record of 870 mb set by Super Typhoon Tip. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated Haiyan's central pressure at 895 mb at 12 UTC (7 am EST) November 7, 2013. Haiyan has the most spectacular appearance I've ever seen on satellite loops, with a prominent eye surrounded by a huge, impenetrable-looking mass of intense eyewall thunderstorms with tops that reach into the lower stratosphere. With landfall expected to occur by 21 UTC (4 pm EST) on Thursday, Haiyan doesn't have time to weaken much before landfall, and will likely hit the Philippines at Category 5 strength."

That contradicts what Eric Holthaus said. Think I'd go with Dr. Masters on this one.

11/13/2013 11:22:34 AM

Quote :

"Super Typhoon Gay"

11/13/2013 12:16:27 PM

Looks like there's some media hype going on here, again. The Philippines' own weather service, PAGASA, is on record saying that Haiyan's max sustained winds were 235 kph (145.7 mph) with gusts of 275 kph (170.5 mph).

http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1124/Update%20SWB%20No.6%20re%20TY%20YOLANDA%205AM.pdf

11/13/2013 3:40:12 PM

You're forgetting to adjust for white privilege.

11/13/2013 3:45:30 PM

I DON'T GET IT

11/13/2013 7:41:34 PM

bahahaha Colbert Nation

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152043004542139&id=699882138&_rdr

11/18/2013 2:11:09 AM