Cyclone Nancy Taking Aim at Us!
Yeeks!!! We are listening to radio from islands we never heard of as a cyclone has formed north toward the equator and is bearing down on Rarotonga where we are. Last report is that it may arrive tomorrow with 150 mph winds. Do you like the name Nancy? (The last cyclone was named "Meena.") Yesterday the skies turned gray, the lagoon in front of us was frothing. Through binnoculars, the ocean just beyond the reef that contains the lagoon looked heavy working its way toward mountainous. This morning still gray, but somewhat less wind. Truly this may be the calm before the storm. Ah experience. The last cyclone about 9 days ago caused an evacuation of our hotel. Stay tuned. We'll try to keep you informed on this blog way.
Mel
Mel
posted by Mel and Janet Muchnik | 2:26 PM
4 Comments:
Oh, didn't I ever tell you about my additional duty on the U.S.S. Wedderburn, DD-684, in and around the western Pacific?
Well, my primary duty as shipboard meteorologist was to track storms reported by other ships and planes. During this time of year the job became just a bit routine, i.e., watch the storms being born in and around the Gilbert Islands and track them on their normally western path through the Carolines, slowing down over Luzon, into the South China Sea, curving up to Hong Kong and dissipating over China or curving back over Japan - if powerful enough.
So yes, you are in a very special part of the world. I loved it.
And there was no help from above, satellites I mean.
Take care,
Popeye.
Oh, didn't I ever tell you about my additional duty on the U.S.S. Wedderburn, DD-684, in and around the western Pacific?
Well, my primary duty as shipboard meteorologist was to track storms reported by other ships and planes. During this time of year the job became just a bit routine, i.e., watch the storms being born in and around the Gilbert Islands and track them on their normally western path through the Carolines, slowing down over Luzon, into the South China Sea, curving up to Hong Kong and dissipating over China or curving back over Japan - if powerful enough.
So yes, you are in a very special part of the world. I loved it.
And there was no help from above, satellites I mean.
Take care,
Popeye.
Oh, didn't I ever tell you about my additional duty on the U.S.S. Wedderburn, DD-684, in and around the western Pacific?
Well, my primary duty as shipboard meteorologist was to track storms reported by other ships and planes. During this time of year the job became just a bit routine, i.e., watch the storms being born in and around the Gilbert Islands and track them on their normally western path through the Carolines, slowing down over Luzon, into the South China Sea, curving up to Hong Kong and dissipating over China or curving back over Japan - if powerful enough.
So yes, you are in a very special part of the world. I loved it.
And there was no help from above, satellites I mean.
Take care,
Hey another person who has more than one idenity!!!
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