Back in the early 1970s I recall a storm in Hong Kong that dumped 36" of
rain in 36 consecutive hours. With my arm extended and fingers raised it
was difficult to see my finger tips.
In August 1971 Typhoon Rose came straight over Hong Kong delivering wind
gusts as high as 170mph. I remember standing outside for about 15
minutes in the eye of the storm. The air was motionless. Cigarette smoke
curled upwards without disturbance. An hour later one would be blown
over in the wind. Vehicles were tossed around like confetti.
jh
On 2017-08-25 12:32 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
Wow! Now the forecasters are predicting as much as 35 inches of rain in
the vicinity of Houston. I simply cannot imagine that amount of rainfall.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41045079
Sure glad I don't live near Corpus Christi. They're going to get
around 26" of rain over a period of 48 hours from Hurricane Harvey.
Until now, I always associated the name "Harvey" with a large pink
rabbit.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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