i'm still getting dozens of hits a day from people looking for what i assume is current info on chaba. yeah, no, nenes, we're over that and working on songda already. if you want current typhoon chaba updates check the joint typhoon weather center.

great play by play of the MTV VMAs 2004, courtesy of Fluxblog. favourite seven minute block of time:

8:55 Missy is back from a safari or something. Xtina looks supercute.

8:56 Usher wins, somehow besting Jay-Z.

8:57 Shut up, Usher!

9:00 Kerry daughters: kinda cool, I guess. Bush daughters: dim, passive aggressive.

9:02 Thankfully, Lenny Kravitz has lost the long flat-ironed hair! Now he's 2% less douchey.

did i say a typhoon wasn't coming? that's not exactly true. but i hope it stays on course--meaning away from us.

i was just reading the v. excellent extended cake mix, and she left with the rather curse-like "the future is just like today, only longer."

I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT AS THE TRUTH. I WILL MAKE MY FUTURE BETTER THAN MY PRESENT. IF MY FUTURE IS NOT AN IMPROVEMENT ON MY PAST THEN IT IS NO FUTURE AT ALL.

man, i need some bleeping help.

help me.

i'm effing developing an ulcer, i know it. i'm completely open to anxiety, and anything will set it off. not anything, but a mere mention of cancer, death, weather, will do it. which is like, every 10 minutes.

i've just been told there's another typhoon coming, but it's from my family. i hate to make generalizations, but i will right now. this whole effing island runs on a network of chinese whispers so that if someone says, "oh, i saw that satellite photo on tv, it looks like another storm" at 9am, by 10am our house will be boarded up and people will be panicking in the streets. i know there isn't a typhoon coming, i know i have to take everything with a grain of salt, but i am so wound up right now i am shaking.

i am a fucking, pathetic wreck and i need to get a grip. i need to make myself strong so that when the bad *does* arrive, i will be physically able to cope, even though mentally i know i will shut down as always.

storm watch cancelled. yay. last night i had a dream that st. john's turned its old lower school campus into a snake den, with modified lockers holding a variety of lethal snakes. all the male snakes were put into a giant aviary-like pit, and the females kept separately. the kids weren't allowed to touch any of the snakes that slithered out, only the teachers could return them. however, the class that was actually taught in the snake pit was a cooking class. there were giant bottles of soy sauce and chinese wine, a bunch of condiments and a science lab table modified into a cooking station.

interpretations, please!

how much do i love neighborhoodies.com?!

my neighbour, windsurfing before the typhoon hits. took a photo in case search and rescue was interested later.

ah, lovely prince and me. suitably bad enough to distract me from the howling winds, and boring enough to put me to sleep for a few hours.

wind still here. maybe 40-50 mph. some rain. still effing scary out.

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
5 AM GUAM LST MON AUG 23 2004

...TYPHOON CHABA MOVING AWAY FROM THE MARIANAS...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...
SAIPAN AND AGRIHAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM GUAM LST..19Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 144.5 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 115 MILES NORTH OF GUAM
85 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROTA
75 MILES WEST OF TINIAN
80 MILES WEST OF SAIPAN
200 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
225 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PAGAN
270 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 145 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 175 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH.

...GUAM...
GUAM IS IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL
SUBSIDE TO 30 TO 45 MPH DURING THE MORNING. PEAK WIND AT THE GUAM
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 4 AM WAS 66 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF 17 TO 19 FEET IS EXPECTED. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS WILL
OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS. INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS EXPECTED ON
SOUTHERN COASTAL AREAS TODAY.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH LOCAL
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
5 AM LST MON AUG 23 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN IS
CANCELLED AS OF 5 AM...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN UNTIL 4 PM TODAY.

AT 5 AM...THE GUAM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD
LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE MARIANA ISLANDS WITH ONE-HOUR RAINFALL RATES
MOSTLY LESS THAN 0.20 INCHES PER HOUR.

RAIN BANDS TO THE EAST MAY PASS THROUGH THE ISLANDS TODAY...CAUSING
MORE EPISODES OF FLOODING. IN THIS EVENT...ANOTHER FLOOD WARNING MAY
BE NEEDED.

HERE ARE PRELIMINARY STORM TOTALS SINCE MIDNIGHT SUNDAY...

GUAM INTL AIRPORT/TIYAN......... 8.70 INCHES
APRA HARBOR (AUTOMATED GAUGE)... 5.47 INCHES
INARAJAN (AUTOMATED GAUGE)...... 7.53 INCHES
MANGILAO (AUTOMATED GAUGE)...... 5.05 INCHES
MALESSO (AUTOMATED GAUGE)........5.45 INCHES

ROTA INTL AIRPORT/SINAPALU...... 12.00 INCHES
SAIPAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.... 8.47 INCHES

$$
PRIOR/GUARD

pacific daily news headlines

whatever. it's still here. it's not letting up.

i have entered a state of psychosis that can only account for why i am now watching the prince and me.


the only thing keeping ben miller from walking off the set is the size of his paycheck

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1 AM GUAM LST MON AUG 23 2004

...EYEWALL OF TYPHOON CHABA PULLING AWAY FROM ROTA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...
SAIPAN AND AGRIHAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1 AM GUAM LST..15Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.2 DEGREES
EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 85 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GUAM
35 MILES NORTH OF ROTA
40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TINIAN
50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN
220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALAMAGAN
245 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
290 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 145 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 175 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.

...GUAM...
GUAM IS IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS SUBSIDE.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEFORE SUBSIDING ON MONDAY. PEAK WIND AT THE
GUAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT MIDNIGHT WAS 63 MPH. ANDERSEN AFB ALSO
REPORTED GUSTS TO 63 MPH...AND THE AUTOMATED STATION AT MANGILAO
REGISTERED A GUST OF 78 MPH AT 11 PM.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF 17 TO 19 FEET IS EXPECTED. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS WILL
OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS. INUNDATION OF 5 TO 6 FEET IS EXPECTED ON
SOUTHERN CLOCKWISE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN COASTAL AREAS OVERNIGHT.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.
EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

...ROTA..TINIAN AND SAIPAN...
ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN ARE IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. THIS IS A
VERY DANGEROUS TYPHOON. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS SUBSIDE.

RADAR SHOWS THE EYE OF TYPHOON CHABA PASSING THROUGH THE TINIAN
CHANNEL. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE TYPHOON...THE EYEWALL...HAS MOVED
JUST NORTH OF ROTA. ALTHOUGH TINIAN AND SAIPAN REMAIN OUTSIDE THE
NORTHEASTERN EYEWALL...A NORTHWARD CHANGE IN THE TRACK COULD STILL
BRING STRONGER WINDS OVER THOSE ISLANDS. TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS OVER
THE ISLANDS WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

...WIND INFORMATION...
TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS 100 TO 110 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 140 MPH ARE
EXPECTED ON ROTA. A PEAK WIND OF 135 MPH AT THE ROTA AIRPORT WAS
REPORTED AT MIDNIGHT BY THE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION. TINIAN AND
SAIPAN WILL HAVE TYPHOON-FORCE WINDS AT 75 TO 90 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
100 MPH...SUBSIDING TOWARD MORNING. SAIPAN AIRPORT REPORTED GUSTS TO
69 MPH AT MIDNIGHT.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
STORM SURGE 8 TO 11 FEET IS EXPECTED...WITH HAZARDOUS SURF REACHING
23 TO 25 FEET. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS.
INUNDATION OF 5 TO 7 FEET IS EXPECTED IN COASTAL AREAS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.
EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

Guam feeling 80 MPH winds from Chaba; GPD rescues stranded teens

by Sabrina Salas Matanane, KUAM News
Monday, August 23, 2004


According to the Office of Civil Defense, officers with the Guam Police Department rescued three stranded teenagers from Lada Gardens who were seeking shelter when their vehicle broke down. Mayor's offices across the island continue to remain open for village assistance.

Meanwhile, the number of island residents seeking shelter in designated emergency shelters has increased to 1,986 residents.

As of 12 Monday morning the eyewall of Typhoon Chaba was pounding the island of Rota, with winds there reportedly as high as 135 miles per hour. The center of typhoon Chaba was located by radar near latitude 14.5 degrees north and longitude 145.3 degrees east. This is about 80 miles northeast of Guam, 30 miles east-northeast of Rota, 40 miles south of Tinian and 50 miles south-southwest of Saipan.

Maximum sustained winds are 120 MPH with gusts up to 150 MPH. Typhoon Chaba is moving westward at 12 MPH.

Guam remains in Condition of Readiness "1", and the island is currently experiencing damaging winds of 55-65 MPH with gusts up to 80 MPH. Winds may be higher depending on the exact position of the storm's eyewall.

i am on the verge of tears. the power is out again, there are ominous creaks, the wind is relentless, we're flooding in the house, i am worried about my condo disappearing into the ocean, the fucking meteorologists say it's going north, no it's going south, it won't hit guam, it will, it is, i'm so bloody tired, anxious and scared and i wonder why i fucking live on this island.

the eye of the storm is passing over the tinian channel. rota is still being hit hard. the winds here have increased slightly, but alarmingly. that north-northwestern turn is not happening.

rota is reporting winds of up to 130mph, guam's highest winds are at 75mph at andersen air force base. the airport is reporting winds at 58mph. the suckah slowing down, which is bad for everyone, especially rota. the strongest part of the eyewall is still on top of it. they don't expect the winds to die down until sometime tomorrow morning. hopefully earlier than later, but with the slowdown, who knows.

oh heck. the power just went out again.

HURRICANE STATEMENT

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
11 PM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...EYEWALL OF TYPHOON CHABA POUNDING ROTA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...SAIPAN AND
AGRIHAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM GUAM LST..13Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.5 DEGREES
EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 85 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM
30 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
40 MILES SOUTH OF TINIAN
50 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAIPAN
230 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN
255 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
305 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 120 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 150 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING WEST AT 9 MPH.

there is a widely held belief that when the barometric pressure drops, babies will too. almost 100 expectant mothers are at the guam memorial hospital, waiting out the storm. i'm not sure if this is true, but babies are always born in storms. but then again, babies are always born, period. if you are going in labour, you're gonna want to be at the hospital anyway.

the santa rita bridge in the south collapsed, completely impassible. for those of you who have never been, it's a tiny bridge, but people are still stuck. polaris is still impassible, as is the agahan bridge, also in the south.

power is out throughout the north, including dededo, yigo, and parts of harmon.

wow, i'll bet when you read there was going to be a blog about a big typhoon it would be all dramatic and harrowing. hey, it still could be. i, for one, am glad that mine is mundane and boring.

believe me, i'm still on the verge....

just finished talking to julius, who is in tamuning. no power. just trying to sleep, but sort of impossible. reminded me that the filipino typhoon food is adobo, as you can adobo anything that's defrosting in the freezer, and then keep it without refrigeration for a really long time as it is vinegar-based.

there has been three inches of rain dumped on island in the past hour. they are expecting an overall rise in the rain totals for the month of 12 inches by monday (4 more hours). sheesh. flash flooding still expected until 6am tomorrow.

the thing is, that even with the closest point of approach being now, the damaging winds won't stop until sometime late tomorrow. we're stuck in the house until then.

still freaking out, i'm sure.

TYPHOON WARNING

GUAM WATERS-
900 PM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...TYPHOON WARNING IN EFFECT...

.TONIGHT...WEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 70
KT. COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 16 FT. WIDESPREAD TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM.
.MONDAY...SOUTHWEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO
60 KT. COMBINED SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. FREQUENT HEAVY SHOWERS WITH
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT.
COMBINED SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS.
.TUESDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. COMBINED
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND
WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. WEST SWELL 7 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND
WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. WEST SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THURSDAY...WEST WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. WEST SWELL 7 TO
9 FT.
.FRIDAY...WEST WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. WEST SWELL 8 TO 10
FT.

$$

i'm in the batcave, away from the slaughtering of gorillas and the imeldific platitudes, with the a/c on, "gilmore girls" on dvd, and completely spacing out with 2 caps of vitex and 3 of spirulina, whoo. it would almost be like normal, if i wasn't fully aware that the closest point of approach will be in, um, 40 minutes or so. rota and saipan have been slammed with the eyewall, and have been under it for several hours or so, according to east of the sun..., who is better at figuring doppler radar than i am. honestly, it looked like the eye was passing over saipan, from what i saw, but what do i know. i wish the radio dudes would stop saying chaba was moving away from guam, if the anticipated turn to the northwest happens when it happens. which it has not. it could still effing slam into us.

very volatile, this chaba.

so, usually during a typhoon, there are rituals. we usually pretend it's not happening. some people stock up on "typhoon food"--SPAM, junk food, buñuelos (fried donuts), beer--but we don't. we don't eat. maybe nibble. and the dogs aren't allowed to eat either, in case they need to poo or something. water, sure. i'll clean up pee, but no pooping in confined spaces, please! anyway, the minute all calms down, i feed them. the older ones are too nervous to eat, but the baby doesn't quite understand. and she's the poopiest of them all.

one of the strange fortunate misfortunes was that at 11.30pm last night, i found out that my folks' stand alone freezer's door had been ajar, for several days, from the looks of things. they are vacuum bag crazy, so it wasn't so bad cleaning it out. but i still threw away 6 giant garbage bags of stuff, which i took to the dump first thing. strangely fortunate, as i didn't find out about it during the typhoon, when i'd be stuck with stinky, rotting bags of food.

oh, yeah. definite surge in the mph-iness. cpu approaches.

HURRICANE STATEMENT

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
7 PM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...EYEWALL OF TYPHOON CHABA REACHING ROTA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...SAIPAN AND
AGRIHAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 PM GUAM LST..09Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 145.9
DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM
50 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
50 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
230 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN
255 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
305 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 120 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 150 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH.

so, it's 7.30pm, we have power back for now, but we were told that there might be an island-wide shutdown at 9pm. we're making the most of it. i'm online, my dad is watching imelda on dvd, my mom is watching a horrifying episode of 60 minutes filled with blood and gore of wildlife animals, and i'm trying to ignore it. we have one window uncovered--it's double glazed, typhoon proof--and it's freaking me out because it's so dark and stormy outside, i really can't look out. the noise of the wind and rain can be overwhelming. i prefer the hole of my room, which is built against a cliff, and therefore buffered from a lot of it.

okay this 60 minutes is really freaking me out, can you tell i am on the verge of medication?

i'm just stressed out. years of typhoons, you would think i would used to it, but there's a breaking point, and i think collectively, the island has reached it. then you get the new stress of wondering how literal that breaking point is. is the typhoon where my house collapses around me? concrete supposedly lasts centuries, but i don't think it was subject to the stress of repeated typhoons and earthquakes. water can seep through in the weirdest places. you think about your mortality a lot when you are at the mercy of nature.

okay, happy thoughts...happy thoughts.

eye of storm is 50 miles in diameter. it is supposedly passing through the tinian channel, but that's not confirmed.

gusts are at 55-65 mph. more rain.

agahan bridge is washed out. polaris point is still impassable. unpassable? don't go there.

two northern shelters have been closed due to maximum capacity.

dootdoodoo.dootdoodoo. i think i need a valium. or two.

HURRICANE STATEMENT

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
530 PM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...TYPHOON CHABA HEADING TOWARD THE TINIAN CHANNEL...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...SAIPAN AND
AGRIHAN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM GUAM LST..07Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED
BY RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 146.3
DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 125 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM
80 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ROTA
60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN AND SAIPAN
225 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMAGAN
250 MILES SOUTH OF PAGAN
300 MILES SOUTH OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 120 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 150 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH.

...GUAM...
GUAM IS IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE
COMPLETED.

EMERGENCY SHELTERS THAT ARE STILL OPEN ARE:
UPI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-DEDEDO
GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL-MANGILAO
ORDOT/CHALAN PAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TALOFOFO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
INARAJAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING NORTHWEST WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
INCREASING TO 65 TO 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH THIS EVENING BEFORE
SUBSIDING ON MONDAY. WINDS MAY BE HIGHER DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
POSITION OF THE EYEWALL.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF WILL INCREASE TO 17 TO 19 FEET. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS
WILL OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS. INUNDATION OF COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
NECESSARY.

...ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN...
ROTA...TINIAN AND SAIPAN ARE IN CONDITION OF READINESS 1. ALL
PREPARATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED. STAY IN SAFE SHELTER AS THIS IS A
VERY DANGEROUS TYPHOON.

RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE EYE OF THE TYPHOON HEADING TOWARDS THE
TINIAN CHANNEL. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE TYPHOON...THE EYEWALL...IS
APPROACHING ALL THREE ISLANDS AND WILL KEEP TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OVER
THE ISLANDS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IN THE EVENT OF AN EYE PASSAGE WHERE
WINDS MAY BECOME VERY LIGHT...RESIDENTS MUST REMAIN IN SHELTER. IT
WILL BE ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES TO TENS OF MINUTES WHEN WINDS WILL
RAPIDLY PICK UP FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS 55 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH INCREASING TO
100 TO 110 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 140 MPH THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION AND COASTAL INUNDATION...
STORM SURGE 8 TO 11 FEET IS EXPECTED. HAZARDOUS SURF REACHING 23 TO
25 FEET TONIGHT. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR INSIDE THE REEFS.
INUNDATION OF COASTAL AREAS IS EXPECTED.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IF
NECESSARY.

...AGRIHAN...
AGRIHAN...PAGAN AND ALAMAGAN ARE IN CONDITION OF READINESS 2. ALL
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES SHOULD BE COMPLETED.

...WIND INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH
WITH DAMAGING GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING ON MONDAY.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF WILL INCREASE TO 17 TO 19 FEET.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY
THROUGH MONDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 PM LST OR SOONER IF
NEEDED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BULLETINS. ON
GUAM AND ROTA...NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS BROADCAST AT 162.40 MHZ AND IS
AVAILABLE ON GUAM BY CALLING 811. ON TINIAN AND SAIPAN...LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO AT 162.55 MHZ. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GUAM
WEBSITE IS LOCATED AT HTTP://WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/GUAM (LOWER CASE).

$$
MILLER/GUARD




TYPHOON WARNING

GUAM WATERS-
300 PM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...SMALL CRAFT REMAIN IN PORT...
...TYPHOON WARNING IN EFFECT...

.TONIGHT...NORTHWEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 65 KT BECOMING WEST TYPHOON FORCE WIND TO 75 KT WITH GUSTS TO 90
KT. COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 9 FT BUILDING TO 16 TO 18 FT. FREQUENT HEAVY
SHOWERS THEN WIDESPREAD TORRENTIAL RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM.
.MONDAY...SOUTHWEST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO
60 KT EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
COMBINED SEAS 13 TO 15 FT. FREQUENT HEAVY SHOWERS WITH VISIBILITY
LESS THAN 1 NM THEN NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT.
COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 14 FT. NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
.TUESDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. COMBINED
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND
WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. WEST SWELL 7 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND
WAVES 3 TO 4 FT. WEST SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.THURSDAY...WEST WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. WEST SWELL 7 TO
9 FT.
.FRIDAY...WEST WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. WEST SWELL 8 TO 10
FT.

$$

did i say something about 11pm being the witching hour?

so okay, i left my condo on the water (noisy, lots of wind--the crazy bending in the bay window was freaking me out), contemplated offering my body to my neighbour (no, not sex, ritual sacrifice) for company but he's higher up and his bay window is in worse shape than mine. and there's no food, not that i'm hungry or anything.

drove from tumon (coastal) up to barrigada (highest point in the central-northern area) and it's just as windy here but it's not as loud. yet. i think we'll bear the brunt of it as we're so high up, even though historically, it's the south that gets it every time. everything was closed except some gas stations, and some food places in tumon. i was going to stop at fuji-ichiban ramen place near me, but the cops were arresting a patron inside, so i changed my mind and headed to my folks' home. ambulances rushing everywhere. at least one accident. lots of power crews securing lines. only a couple of small trees down now. high tide is causing coastal roads to flood, and i think the reason we don't have power is because lower barrigada is probably drowning at the moment. last storm they had to rescue people in jet skis, and it's landlocked....

oh, navy is definitely shutting down power to water wells at 9pm so hopefully everyone's got a bath tub full of flushing water....

my dogs are freaking out. in a quiet way. as is my mother. i'm a little more vocal, in a typing frenzy sort of way. i'm guessing the winds are at about 40-50 right now. oh wait. durrrrr. they just picked up. sheeeeeeetmusic.

my cousin is at a party right now, my goddaughter is celebrating her birthday at gameworks as i type, our neighbour has his generator on, i'm sitting in the dark, with just the glow of my ibook illuminating the dark and stormy, er, afternoon. what the heck is going on here?

*wow*. sometime in the past fifteen minutes they changed the national weather service site. like, not just the warnings and forecasts, but also the layout and design. snazzy. NOW FECKING REPORT THIS THING MORE CORRECTLY WHYDONTCHA!!!!

east of the sun, west of the moon is reporting that it actually is turning northward, but i'm not so sure. i can't tell anymore.

Typhoon's eye to pass near or over Rota


Pacific Daily News, news@guampdn.com

Typhoon Chaba was 155 miles east northeast of Guam as of 2 p.m. today, packing sustained winds of 110 mph.

Wind gusts were at 130 mph.

Genny Miller, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service, said the typhoon continues to move west.

As of the 2 p.m. tracking, Chaba's estimated closest point of approach to Guam is around 11 tonight, she said.

The typhoon's eye is expected to pass near or over Rota. It may move within 100 miles of Guam, according to the National Weather Service.

Guam Power Authority will continue to keep islandwide electricity on for as long as it can.

As of 12:45 p.m. today, the power agency began receiving calls from different locations on the island reporting pocket power outages.

GPA spokesman Art Perez said the power agency's crews are responding to those outages and will continue to respond to similar calls for as long as wind conditions are bearable.

Winds will steadily increase, according to the Weather Service.

Gov. Felix Camacho placed the island in Condition of Readiness 1 at 9 this morning. Condition 1 means that damaging winds are expected within 12 hours.

___


oh blah blah blah. fecking just GO AWAY already. i'm in my anxiety mode. quick, someone tell a joke.

okay. flash flooding alerts for the south--they expect feeder bands to being dumping 2 inches of rain an hour to start soon. the main road going to the south is impassable at polaris point, almost all the lanes are washed out. power is out here in barrigada (central), tumon (north coastal), and most of the south. we still have water, but most of the south is out, but will definitely be out as they will shut down and secure the well pumps at 9pm.

they are expecting gusts up to 80 mph to start shortly.

now the joint typhoon weather service is saying that the closest point of approach will be 18 miles offshore to the north.

%^&*!!!!

i secured my condo, there's already some leaking in the bay window facing the ocean. some of my neighbours are out windsurfing!! i took a few digital photos in case their bodies wash up on shore later or somethin'....dumb^&*(s. seven people drowned during the last storm, you would think they'd have a clue.

got to go into my neighbour, nike's condo. niiiiiice. open floor plan, laminate floors, total bachelor pad. he's single, laydeees!

shit. the power just went out.

dang, this suckah move fast.

TropicalCycloneEPublicAdvisory
WTPQ32 PGUM 212155
TCPPQ2

BULLETIN
TYPHOON CHABA ADVISORY NUMBER 13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
8 AM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004


TYPHOON CHABA INTENSIFYING AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE MARIANAS

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM..ROTA..TINIAN..SAIPAN
AND AGRIHAN.

RESIDENTS OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF TYPHOON CHABA...AS UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE TRACK AND INTENSITY
FORECASTS OF THE TYPHOON.

AT 7 AM GUAM LST..2100Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 147.8 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 210 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GUAM
175 MILES EAST OF ROTA
155 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
150 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
275 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN
300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN
345 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN.

TYPHOON CHABA IS MOVING WEST AT 17 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A SLOW TURN TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING CHABA NEAR OR OVER SAIPAN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 105 MPH. TYPHOON CHABA IS EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM
THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185
MILES FROM THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 7 AM POSITION...14.24 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 147.8
DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE MOVING WEST AT 17 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 105 MPH.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA REFER TO TYPHOON CHABA
LOCAL STATEMENT /WTPQ82 PGUM/ AND OTHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR
LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 10 AM AND 12 PM GUAM LST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED
ADVISORY AT 2 PM.

MIDDLEBROOKE

National Weather Service
Generated 2242 UTC, Saturday, Aug 21, 2004
Document URLhere

Tropical Cyclone Public Advisory
WTPQ32 PGUM 211547
TCPPQ2

BULLETIN
TYPHOON CHABA ADVISORY NUMBER 12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
2 AM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004


INTENSIFYING TYPHOON CHABA STILL HEADING TOWARD THE MARIANAS

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM..ROTA..TINIAN..SAIPAN
AND AGRIHAN.

RESIDENTS OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF TYPHOON CHABA...AS UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE TRACK AND INTENSITY
FORECASTS OF THE TYPHOON.

AT 1 AM GUAM LST..1500Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 149.6 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 330 MILES EAST OF GUAM
295 MILES EAST OF ROTA
270 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
265 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
345 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN
370 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN
410 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN.

TYPHOON CHABA IS MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A SLOW TURN TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING CHABA NEAR SAIPAN EARLY
SUNDAY EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 85 MPH. TYPHOON CHABA IS EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY. TYPHOON FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES FROM
THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160
MILES FROM THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 1 AM POSITION...14.2 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 149.6
DEGREES EAST LONGITUDE MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 85 MPH.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA REFER TO TYPHOON CHABA
LOCAL STATEMENT /WTPQ82 PGUM/ AND OTHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR
LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 5 AM GUAM LST...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY
AT 8 AM.

MIDDLEBROOKE

National Weather Service
Generated 1712 UTC, Saturday, Aug 21, 2004
document found here

oh, thank god, a little comic relief, by way of defamer, from craigslist la.

HURRICANE STATEMENT

TYPHOON CHABA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
12 AM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004

...TYPHOON CHABA MAINTAINS WESTWARD MOTION AS IT INTENSIFIES...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
MARIANA ISLANDS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE
ONSET OF DAMAGING WINDS.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TYPHOON WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN...SAIPAN AND
AGRIHAN OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 PM GUAM LST..1200Z..THE CENTER OF TYPHOON CHABA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 150.3 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 375 MILES EAST OF GUAM
340 MILES EAST OF ROTA
320 MILES EAST OF TINIAN
315 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN
385 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMAGAN
405 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAGAN
445 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGRIHAN.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH. TYPHOON
CHABA IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH.

...GUAM...
GUAM REMAINS IN CONDITION OF READINESS 2. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO FINALIZE ALL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES BY MORNING. CIVIL
DEFENSE ENCOURAGES ALL EXPECTANT MOTHERS WHO HAVE AT LEAST 36 WEEKS
OF GESTATION AND ALL HIGH-RISK EXPECTANT MOTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN
PREGNANT AT LEAST SEVEN MONTHS TO REPORT TO THE GUAM MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL AT 9 AM SUNDAY. MOVE BOATS TO SAFE HAVEN.

...WIND INFORMATION...
DAMAGING WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 45 MPH WILL ARRIVE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY. WINDS MAY FURTHER INCREASE TO
TYPHOON STRENGTH LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY IF THE EXPECTED TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST DOES NOT MATERIALIZE AND TYPHOON CHABA INTENSIFIES
MORE RAPIDLY THAN FORECAST.

...STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION...
HAZARDOUS SURF AT 10 TO 12 FEET ON SUNDAY WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 17
FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SEVERE RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR INSIDE
THE REEFS.

...OTHER STORM EFFECTS...
5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

*sigh*. we're in the middle of two storms. literally. there's aere to the west, and chaba to the east. chaba is above us, but headed straight west, instead of turning north, because aere is pushing it southward as it races up to japan. it looks like it's going to nail saipan on the head. i hope it's not terrible for them, and i certainly hope it doesn't hit us. i'm still completely shell-shocked from 2001.

let me keep you informed. it's raining, it's raining, OH MY GOD IT WON'T STOP RAINING!!!!!

oh...my...joan collins b-movie hell! super mega gigantor giant ant colony found in australia

no way to treat a mini.

so now they think the triple homicide at kim's vegetable stand is a family violence case.

i'm no less horrified.

oh yeah, in other news, two skydivers plunged to their deaths as their parachute apparently fails to open. chief medical examiner dr. aurelio espinosa could not determine their exact cause of death as the bodies were "mangled, meaning to say their entire bodies were damaged from head to toe," he said. "there is no bone that is not fractured."

uncgh.

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years old, one is narrow and the other is wide, comes
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details.

horrifying botched robbery attempt at kim's vegetable stand in dededo. apparently the owner and her elderly mother are amongst the fatalities.

so, so sad and pointless. they were always super nice and polite, very hard working.

my new favourite blog!

OH MY &*($ing---WHAT THE--?!

found this on stereogum.com (a pretty cool music site, albeit with a scary britney fixation), who found it on slash dot:

Google has added number span searching to their engine, so if you search mastercard 5424000000000000..5424999999999999 for example, Google searches the entire range against its DB and returns credit card #s, sometimes with names, addresses, and other information that you don't want people to know.

^&*%, what? i highly suggest NOT plugging in your own credit card number, as you'll become a target for spyware, but stick to ranges instead. you may not see your number, but i tried it and came up with some interesting information about a bunch of people.

ok. do you want to buy me a new car? because i wouldn't mind. however, don't tell me how you got it....i don't know what you or i should or could do about this, but just be careful with your personal information in the meantime!

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