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Originally Posted by driveway
Not at al in the way of Irene, but I am about to take a direct hit from Super-Typhoon Nanmadol!
A "Super-Typhoon" is equivalent to a category 4 or 5 Hurricane on the Saffir-Sampson scale. Also, this thing is going to be moving much, much slower as it passes overtop of Taipei than Irene will be moving through New York.
Another key difference is going to be the SIZE of this thing. They expect it to explode in area over the next couple of days to cover 1.8 million square km. By comparison, Alberta is 660 thousand square km. |
Not to make light of a 95mph storm and I hope you keep safe but a Super-Typhoon is the same as a major or cat4-5 hurrican with wind speeds of 150mph+. Nanmadol is a cat 1 according to the pic you posted.