Skirted around Super Typhoon Omar in 1992 off of Korea. Not fun. We were taking waves over the bridge, which was 40 feet above the waterline.
I had the pleasure of living on Wake as a child for two years in the early '70s. Hard to describe how wonderful it was for a kid. All sorts of WW II artifacts lying around. Not TV. No radio. Still have dreams about the place and would desperately love to go back and take a look. Military won't allow it though.