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Associated Press -

Air Force to fly planes to check Wake Island damage after typhoon

HONOLULU (AP) _ The Air Force plans to fly planes over Wake Island after Typhoon Ioke passes to see how much damage the storm inflicted on the mid-Pacific U-S military refueling outpost.

Air Force planes evacuated all 200 of the island's residents on Monday in preparation for what forecasters are calling the most powerful central Pacific tropical storm in a decade.

Forecasters have predicted the storm would submerge the island and demolish any non-concrete structures.

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FreeRepublic keyword - Ioke

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kingu posted this last night -

Wake Island is the small black dot at 8 o'clock in the eye of the storm.

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I would love to see the results of this... before and after.

Glad nobody's there now.