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TS Malou–A Surprising Update

montanaron — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:04:35 +0000

I posted yesterday that Tropical Storm Malou was predicted to slide up the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean Peninsula, bypassing Yeosu. But when I checked the Weather Underground website this morning after I woke up, I was surprised to see that Malou’s predicted path had been changed to take it through South Korea, [...] Related posts:

Tropical Storm Malou, Typhoon Naming System

montanaron — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:45:32 +0000

Well, TD 10 did develop into Tropical Storm Malou; however, it doesn’t appear that it’s going to gain any more strength before its demise, and it’s predicted path takes it close to the east coast of China and then shows it veering northeast across the Yellow Sea (the West Sea, to Koreans) to make landfall [...] Related posts:

Another Storm Brewing–TD 10

montanaron — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:45:43 +0000

Well, Kompasu has come and gone. Yeosu got between 4 and 5 inches of rain, and I haven’t seen any wind damage, so we got out of it relatively unscathed. Much of the rain seemed to come down early this morning, between 5 and 5:30, right after I woke up. I mean it REALLY poured [...] Related posts:

Typhoon Kompasu Update

montanaron — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:29:41 +0000

It looks like Kompasu is going to come ashore way up near the DMZ or Seoul, thus leaving Yeosu pretty much out of the path of the category 3 typhoon. We’ll probably get several inches of rain and 30-35 mph winds, but nothing too severe. The huge megalopolis of Seoul and its environs will probably [...] Related posts:

Ivan Nova–Good News, Bad News

montanaron — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:47:53 +0000

The good news is that young Mr. Nova picked up his first major league victory as the winning pitcher in the Yanks’ 2-1 win over the White Sox on Sunday. He pitched really well, going 5 2/3 innings, giving up only one run and striking out 7. He’s been good enough (actually, he’s been VERY [...] Related posts:

Kompasu Update

montanaron — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:32:06 +0000

Kompasu is now a category 2 typhoon, packing winds of around 105 mph and bearing down for a direct hit on Okinawa. For updates on what’s happening there, read Joe Ornauer’s blog on Stars and Stripes magazine.

Weather Underground is forecasting that it’ll become a cat 3 storm before weakening back to cat 2 while [...] Related posts:

Tropical Storm Kompasu

montanaron — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:55:53 +0000

Kompasu, the Japanese word for the southern sky constellation Circinus (the Compass), is headed for Korea and might arrive here Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. According to latest estimates on the Weather Underground site, Kompasu will probably be a category 1 typhoon by that time. It’s also estimated that it will track somewhat north of [...] Related posts:

HDR Photos

montanaron — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:27:37 +0000

The rainy season was supposed to have ended a while back, but it seems to have been extended into this week, one of my vacation weeks. We had a couple of inches of rain a few days ago, an inch and a half today, and anywhere from 2-4 inches forecast for tomorrow through Sunday noon. [...] Related posts:

Korean Culture Deadly to Thais?

montanaron — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:41:57 +0000

Here’s an article about the dangers of Korean culture for young Thailand imitators.

In the mascaraed eyes of Thai teenyboppers, South Korea is ground zero of hip.

So the writer of this article begins his story. Korean boy and girl bands, movies and soap operas are all the rage in the Land of Smiles and [...] Related posts:

Nova

montanaron — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:13:26 +0000

Ivan Nova, that is. The young man had quite a good start a few days ago–so good, in fact, that team management decided to give him a second start this Sunday against the White Sox. Though the Yanks lost to Toronto, 3-2, Nova pitched well through 5 innings, giving up 6 hits and a couple [...] Related posts: