Posted on 08/27/2006 8:41:03 PM PDT by HAL9000
KHON TV -
Super typhoon Ioke is barreling towards Wake Island
It's big and packing quite a punch. Super typhoon Ioke is barreling towards Wake Island.
The massive storm is churning around in the central pacific. It's packing winds of more than 160 miles per hour, a category five storm.
Roy Matsuda from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center says, "it is projected to go along this track toward wake island as you can see and to reach Wake Island approximately Wednesday afternoon our time within 13 nautical miles."
And because of that a team from Hawaii will head to Wake Island to help evacuate about 200 people before super typhoon Ioke hits.
Military and civilian personnel on Wake Island support US pacific command operations. The base also serves as an emergency airfield.
Two c-17 planes are scheduled to leave tomorrow morning to pick up the evacuees.
We'll have a videographer heading with the team to Wake Island, and will bring you a full report when they return to Hawaii.
KHNL TV -
Hickam Airman To Evacuate Hundreds From Wake Island
(KHNL) Two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft will depart from Hickam within 24 hours to evacuate approximately 200 military, DoD civilians and contractors from Wake Island.
Hickam Air Force Base C-17 Crewmembers are preparing to rescue those working on Wake Island.
Hurricane Ioke is expected to reach Wake Island within 72 hours; the evacuation mission will need to be completed prior to the expected storm surge.
Wake Island supports U.S. Pacific Command major regional taskings. The base provides facilities, vehicles, aerospace ground equipment and aviation fuel to sustain aircraft for combat operations.
It also provides for the bed down of forces and emergency divert airfield operations.
Some tour groups offer treks of WWII historical sites and aircraft.
According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Hurricane Ioke has been reclassified as Super Typhoon Ioke.
That's one boring target.
sure, but gonna be some killer surf in Japan. wish i was there!!
As a boomer sailor in the 60s I made numerous flights between Hawaii (where the off-crews were based) and Guam (where the missle subs put in).
Over the entrance to the terminal at Anderson AFB, as you walking in from the tarmac, was a big sign:
Where America's Day Begins
- GUAM IS GOOD! -
(By Order of the Commanding Officer)
What are the divisions on the image you provided in your post? 1 degree? 5 degrees? 10 degrees?
The main part of the typhoon takes up about 4 x 4 divisions and the eye is about 1/4 or 1/3 of a division in diameter.
Just trying ot get a sense of scale here.
We had the same situation in Gitmo. You hunkered down and rode out the hurricanes. One of them hit us 3 times in one week.
Didn't they have a bunch of school buses?
I just spit on my keyboard. Fortunately, it was water. :-)
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