2 December 2012
An update on Typhoon Bopha as it heads towards the Philippines
Posted by Dave Petley
A quick update on Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) as it churns its way towards the Philippines. The most recent forecasts suggest that it will make landfall in the southern part of the Philippines on Tuesday as a category 3 storm, and then will rapidly weaken as it loses its energy source:
This remains a very grave danger to Mindanao and associated areas. As I have noted before, even though meteorologists focus on wind speeds, most of the harm caused by tropical cyclones comes from water – i.e. storm surge, floods and rainfall triggered landslides. Efforts are being made to prepare for the storm, but this has the potential to be very serious.
US: OHIO: Man-made sinkhole story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/ohio-sinkhole_n_2218187.html
We’re so clever in the U.S. that we’ll forgo hiring geologists when we get crazy ideas so that we can keep armies of lawyers employed in tort proceedings. 🙂