Super Typhoon Talim in Taiwan
Posted on August 30th, 2005 by MoverMike
Looks like Witnit will be blogging from Typhoon Talim in Taiwan. A catagory 5 SuperTyphoon is taking direct aim at Taiwan.
Winds are expected to strengthen to 250 kph later today with gusts as high as 304 kph, the center said. That would make Talim, which means sharp, or cutting edge, in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, a Category 5 storm under the Saffir-Simpson scale, or a super typhoon under Pacific rankings.
Catching my eye: morning A through Z
Here’s what’s caught my eye this morning:
Alice Banchini, late of Samizdata and now Alice in Texas and on my select blogroll, has split her blog into two blogs both with Alice-y names: Like a Tea-Tray in the Sky (politics, philosophy, …