Typhoon forces evacuation

[Guest Tony n Terrific]

Morakot made landfall on Xiapu, a county in eastern China's Fujian province, carrying heavy rain and winds of up to 74 miles per hour (119 kilometers per hour), according to an official at the China

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090809/ap_on_...s/as_asia_storm

[PhoenixRising]

I went through 3 hurricanes and I can tell you they ain't no fun. How do you move a million people and where do they all go? We hada hard time moving a 100k out of New Orleans 4 years ago.

[Mick]

When I lived in China, four years were spent in Shantou, right on the coast in Guangdong. I went through a typhoon there and believe me, the building I was in shook all night long.

 

Was nothing new however. I grew up in Florida. Hurricane Donna hit my hometown in 1960....and I lived in Miami in '92 when Andrew blew through. That was the worst storm I ever witnessed, bar none. We were without power for almost three months.

[Guest Tony n Terrific]

Here is a raw video footage of the Typhoon that hit Taiwan and caused a 6 story hotel to collaspe into a river.

 

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/pop...php?cl=14968348

Edited August 10, 2009 by Tony n Terrific (see edit history)