Nari a Wipha

[Art Neuendorffer]

There have been 13 Category 4 or Category 5 storms
recorded this year around the world:
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Cyclone Dora: Category 4
Cyclone Favio: Category 4
Cyclone Indlala: Category 4
Cyclone Gonu: Category 5
Typhoon Yutu: Category 4
Super Typhoon Man-Yi: Category 4
Typhoon Usagi: Category 4
Super Typhoon Sepat: Category 5
Hurricane Flossie: Category 4
Hurricane Dean: Category 5
Hurricane Felix: Category 5
Typhoon Nari: Category 4
Typhoon Wipha: Category 4

[Art Neuendorffer]

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China Evacuates Thousands as Typhoon Wipha Approaches
Tuesday, 18 Sep 2007, 8:13 AM CDT
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<<China evacuated 200,000 people on Tuesday and closed schools
in its largest city to prepare for what forecasters say will be
the most powerful typhoon to hit Shanghai in a decade.
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The fringes of Typhoon Wipha lashed northern Taiwan, where schools,
offices and the stock market closed. A construction worker was
killed when the storm's winds -- projected to reach 180 mph at
the storm's height -- knocked down scaffolding, Taiwan's Disaster
Relief Center said.
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City authorities ordered schools closed Wednesday in Shanghai, a city
of more than 20 million and China's financial hub. Chinese state-run
television showed families being evacuated from their fishing boats
and other vessels. Shopkeepers stacked sand bags to prevent
flooding as drains clogged amid torrential rains. The typhoon,
whipping up waves up to 36 feet high, was moving northwest toward
the Chinese mainland. Weather reports forecast it would make
landfall south of Shanghai early Wednesday morning. Wipha,
a woman's name in Thai, was upgraded from a tropical storm Monday.
"The typhoon is very likely to develop into the worst one in
recent years," said a man who answered the phone at the city's
meteorological bureau. Shanghai and the coastal provinces of
Zhejiang and Fujian to the south issued typhoon warnings requiring
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The deadliest storm to hit the China coast in recent years was
Typhoon Winnie in 1997, which killed 236 people. Typhoon Rananim,
with winds of more than 100 mph, was the strongest typhoon to
hit the Chinese mainland since 1956, killing nearly 200 people.>>
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June 2, 1609 (Tues. N.S.): St. Elmo's Day!
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June 2, 1562 (Tues.)
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the fourth yere of the reigne of our Sou{er}aigne lady Elizabeth by the
grace of God of England ffraunce and Ireland Quene defendor of the
faith &c Betwene the ryghte hon{or}able Iohn de Veer Erle of Oxinforde
lorde greate Chamb{e}rlayne of England Vicount Bulbecke and lorde
Badlesmere and Scales on thone partye and the ryght hon{or}able Thomas
Duke of Norff' Robert lorde Dudley and Sir Thomas Goldynge knight on
thother partye Wittnesseth that where as the Erldome of Oxinford and the
honors Castles Manors lordshipps landes ten{emen}tes hereditamentes and
other the possessions of the same Erldome together with the offyce of
greate Chamberlayneshipp of England the lyeveten{au}ntshyppe of the
fforest of Waltham and the kepynge of the house and Parke of Haverynge
have of longetyme contynued remayned and bene in the name of the Veeres
from heire male to heire male by tytle of ^\\an// au{n}cyent entayle
thereof made longe tyme past and the said Erle nowe havynge the said
Erldome and all honors Castles Manors and other the possessions
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p{re}hemynences Iurisdicc{i}ons ryghtes members and app{ur}ten{au}nces
to the same belongynge or in any wise app{er}teyninge ys fullye
p{er}swaded in consciens and also doth take yt for his parte to
p{ro}vide that the same Erldome and other the p{re}misses sholde and
myght contynew go remayn and be in the name of the Veeres from heire
male to heire male forever yf yt maye please almyghtye god so to
p{er}mytt and suffer the same to contynew and as well for the said
considerac{i}ons as to thentente to *aduaunce Edwarde lorde Bulbecke*
*SONNE AND HEYIR APPARANTE* to the saide Erle to the more better
suertye of lyvinge of the manors landes ten{emen}tes hereditamentes
and other the p{re}misses that the said nowe Erle hath or of ryght
ought to have in possession or reu{er}c{i}on to hym the said lorde
Edwarde and *TO THE HEIRES MALES OF HIS BODYE* and for lacke of
such yssue that the same maye remayne be and contynewe to the
heires males of the bodye of the said Erle and for lacke of such
yssue that the same maye remayne come and be to and amongest the
bretherne of the same nowe Erle and such yssue males as are and
shall be of there bodyes seu{er}allye begotten successyuely one
after another And also to thentente to enlarge the lyvynge of the
ladye Margery Countesse of Oxinforde nowe wyffe to the said Erle
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Art Neuendorffer

[Art Neuendorffer]

Typhoon Wipha batters China
Authorities evacuate 2 million residents with the help of text
messages and footwork. Two deaths are reported.
By Ching-Ching Ni, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 19, 2007
BEIJING -- -- A powerful typhoon slammed into China's east coast early
today, hours after Chinese authorities evacuated more than 2 million
people with the help of text messages and old-fashioned knocks on the
door. All along the heavily populated eastern seaboard, officials shut
down schools and factories and ordered ships and fishing boats back to
port as cadres in raincoats hustled residents from homes at low
elevations, clutching plastic bags of possessions. By Tuesday evening,
more than 2 million people in Shanghai, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces
had been moved from harm's way. In Zhejiang alone, where Typhoon Wipha
came ashore, about 1.6 million residents were uprooted, the area's
biggest evacuation in nearly six decades of communist rule. Zhejiang
authorities also put 20,000 members of the People's Liberation Army
and other emergency workers on standby and said all officials had to
put storm duty ahead of other tasks to aim for "no death, few injuries
and as little damage as possible," the New China News Agency reported.
The Shanghai Daily reported that at least one person died after
stepping in water touched by an electric wire. Torrential rains
pounded Shanghai, China's financial capital, powerful gusts knocked
children to the ground, and traffic was tied in knots. Electrical
power and water supplies were cut in some locations. The city's zoos
stepped up security, cutting off electricity and locking animals in
cages to guard against injury or escape. To the south, officials in
Fujian province sent 1.4 million text messages warning people as the
typhoon was approaching and urging them to stock up on food and water
and avoid going outdoors once the storm struck, according to local
flood-control headquarters. In Shanghai, a city of 20 million people,
more than 291,000 were relocated by Tuesday evening. Zhang Jiayi,
deputy chief of the city's flood-control headquarters, called the
storm the most severe test Shanghai had faced in decades. Parades of
festooned cars marking Shanghai's annual tourism festival were
canceled Tuesday, as were some Women's World Cup soccer matches.

[Art Neuendorffer]

There have been 14 Category 4 or Category 5 storms

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