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	Victoria Park, Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The park was previously a typhoon shelter, part of Victoria Harbour, used to protect fishing boats and yachts during typhoon seasons.
		In the 1950s, the shelter was reclaimed and a park was built there.
		The typhoon shelter was then relocated at the north of Victoria Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_Park,_Hong_Kong (556 words)

	Sasebo Braces for Arrival of Typhoon Nabi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The typhoon was approximately 150 miles southeast of Sasebo and about 197 miles south of Iwakuni on Monday afternoon tracking northeastward at 8 mph, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii.
		By Tuesday morning, the typhoon's sustained winds are forecast to be 109 mph with gusts to 132 mph.
		Typhoon Nabi was expected to weaken as it interacts with the Kyushu terrain and cooler sea surfaces in the Sea of Japan, the JTWC forecast stated.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,SS_090605_Nabi,00.html (708 words)

	Hurricane Wilma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Such a conversion would suggest that Wilma was more intense than Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, were normal considerations in play.
		The schools were closed to "allow parents and staff to prepare for the storm and potential evacuation", and also allowed "for needed preparation of schools to be used as hurricane shelters." The schools remained closed on Monday, October 24 as the hurricane made landfall.
		Thousands of tourists remain stranded in shelters, and the priority is sending them home now, according to President Vicente Fox.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Wilma (4099 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The eye of the typhoon made landfall at Feng-ping, a town in the eastern coastal county of Hualien, at 5:15 a.m.
		Typhoon Talim, the third storm to strike Taiwan this year, last month lashed the island with heavy rains and winds gusting up to 180 kph, leaving three dead and causing NT$1.2 billion ($36 million) in damage to crops and property.
		Typhoon Damrey earlier this week killed 89 people in China, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand and caused widespread damage to property and crops before crossing over Laos as a tropical depression on Sept. 28, according to media reports.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aZPSWV415utk&refer=asia (562 words)

	Yau Ma Tei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter became an exotic water area where restaurants on boats offered dishes indigenous seafood.
		These typhoon shelter dishes remain famous to this day and are even offered on land.
		The typhoon shelter not only hosted fishermen, it was a port in Hong Kong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yau_Ma_Tei (682 words)

	THE STRANDING AND SALVAGING OF THE FATHOMER
		The following morning the track of the typhoon led to the belief that the strongest wind would be encountered from the north quadrant and the second large anchor was put down in such a position that the ship would be moored for a wind from that direction.
		A shelter was erected in the bow of the ship where a watch could be kept on the anchor cables; drift leads were put out on both port and starboard wings of the bridge and the main engine made ready.
		The needles of both ship's barometers had been well off the scale at the time of the center of the typhoon but their positions were marked on the dials and upon comparison gave the barometric minimum on the ship as 685 mm.
	www.lib.noaa.gov /edocs/fathomer2.html (4074 words)

	CNMI: Tanapag -- The Land: Winds
		We didn’t have concrete houses like we do now for permanent shelter for those people that are going to be in danger from the typhoon.
		That was one of the strongest typhoons, and it brought colossal calamity to the island: destroying all the houses, damaging all the trees.
		When we got back, the typhoon had brought us a good portion of calamity, so we had to start finding a way of rebuilding our house first, that’s the first thing that we needed to do.
	www.pacificworlds.com /cnmi/land/winds.cfm (1856 words)

	Taiwan battens down for strongest typhoon in five years
		The centre of the typhoon was situated about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of the eastern coastal city of Hualien at around 0400 GMT.
		The typhoon knocked out power supplies to over 38,000 households, largely in the eastern and northern part of the island.
		The provincial meteorological station of Fujian said gales swept over coastal areas of the province Monday and that the full force of the typhoon was expected to hit on Tuesday between the cities of Quanzhou and Ningde.
	www.terradaily.com /2005/050718061246.cm33hg3n.html (565 words)

	HONG KONG'S TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS
		For the local public a typhoon gun was used to warn imminent gale force winds brought about by tropical cyclones.
		In 1907, explosive bombs replaced the typhoon gun as they made louder sounds and were considered an improvement over the firing of a gun.
		Remember that if the eye of the typhoon passes directly over Hong Kong, there may be a temporary lull lasting a few minutes to several hours.
	www.hko.gov.hk /informtc/tcsignal.htm (991 words)

	GENERAL INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, depending on the location and condition of their residence, some families of DOD sponsored personnel may elect to move to an emergency shelter on base during the passage of a typhoon.
		Personnel living in off base private rentals that they consider unsafe should go to the nearest on base typhoon shelter (Thew Gymnasium in Yokosuka, Community Center Administrative Office in Yokohama.) Personnel seeking typhoon shelter should bring with them enough food for themselves and their families for their short stay at the typhoon shelter.
		At the center of a typhoon is an area of calm called the "eye." Often the passing of the eye is mistaken as the end of the storm.
	housing.cnfj.navy.mil /general_info.htm (2494 words)

	BBC News \| Asia-Pacific \| Typhoon causes Hong Kong chaos
		Typhoon York scored a direct hit on the territory on Thursday, causing hurricane-strength winds and torrential rain.
		Officials say it is the most severe typhoon for 16 years.
		The latest information suggests Typhoon York is now starting to leave Hong Kong, heading towards the Portuguese enclave of Macao.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/449023.stm (213 words)

	Window on the World
		The foundation is being prepared for the typhoon-tsunami shelter.
		Since part of helping tsunami victims and potential victims is helping them prepare for the next tsunami instead of waiting until after the damage is done, helping build a tsunami and flood shelter on the southern coast of Bangladesh seemed like the perfect fit.
		With all this in mind, our leaders in Bangladesh are overseeing the construction of a reinforced building designed to withstand a tsunami and to remain high and dry in most of the typhoons and floods.
	www.wcg.org /WN/05NOVDEC/window_on_the_world.htm (577 words)

	Saipan Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Emergency Management Office said Tingting, which had already intensified to typhoon at this time, was moving northwest at 9mph and was about 160 miles south of Agrihan and 120 miles south of Pagan.
		At 2:30pm, Gov. Juan N. Babauta upgraded his typhoon condition declaration for the CNMI's three major islands, Agrihan and Pagan to Condition I, which meant that typhoon conditions would be felt within the next 12 hours.
		She and her family spent the night inside a classroom dimly lit with two candles, while they took breakfast that was cooked and prepared at the place.
	www.saipantribune.com /archives/newsstoryarch.aspx?newsID=38508&cat=1&archdte=6-29-2004 (840 words)

	Preparing to Leave: Hong Kong 26 October through 10 November (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We arrived in Shelter Cove just as it was getting dark at 1800, three hours after we left that cesspool the call the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter (typhoid shelter more like it).
		The bad news is that Typhoon Keith, which has been brewing and building strength for some days southwest of the Philippines, has turned into a super-typhoon with wind speeds of over 200 mph.
		The two typhoons that have been in the region are firmly out of the picture while the winds outside of Hong Kong have calmed down to a steady force 4-5.
	www.sailredwings.com /preparin.htm (6669 words)

	NewsRegister.com
		Last week's piece on Typhoon Karen evoked a detailed response from McMinnville resident Marcia Yonker, who reminded me that once long, long ago, she took an environmental science class I jointly instructed with Prof.
		We took the class on a memorable field trip to the Steens Mountains, and she went along.
		We had a most interesting interchange about Typhoon Karen, and she gave me permission to print an edited version of her e-mails.
	www.newsregister.com /news/story_print.cfm?story_no=199312 (575 words)

	Open Writing: Typhoon
		The typhoon warning, a fl T-shape, had been raised on the yard-arm of the Harbormaster’s office the previous afternoon.
		Ships of all types and tonnage had appeared from everywhere and fortunately all were heading in the same direction, out to sea, scattering the smaller craft in their haste.
		A powerful wind was roaring up the harbour and the flying clouds seemed to be hardly higher than the ship’s mast as we cleared the harbour and wheeled to starboard to avoid the traffic billowing around the typhoon shelter at Junk Bay.
	www.openwriting.com /archives/2004/08/typhoon.php (1046 words)

	Death: Glossary
		From Japanese divine wind, used to refer to an 1821 typhoon that destroyed a Mongol fleet.
		Also to wrap, to shut off, to (find) shelter, a screen, and ropes used to support a mast or smokestack.
		Those who in ancient times in England, Ireland, Wales and India were given the task of eating ritual foods to help the dead out of purgatory, perhaps to the detriment of their own souls.
	library.thinkquest.org /16665/glossary.htm (4812 words)

	Eucalyptus Plantations in China - Bai Jiayu and Gan Siming
		Under a 12 degree typhoon, the proportion of breaking and lodging of rubber trees was only 14.8% with shelter belt on four sides, compared to 44.8% with the protection of only one side shelter belt (West Guang-dong Reclamation Area Bureau, 1990).
		In southern China, the shelter belt is to prevent injury by typhoon and cold weather.
		This shelter belt, which was established in 1974, now effectively provides the safety of 92,000 people and protects 8,000 ha of crop land (Ouyang Quan, 1990).
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/AC772E/ac772e04.htm (3639 words)

	Noonsite: Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The typhoon season is from May to December with the highest frequency between June and September.
		Typhoon procedures Typhoons are most likely in September, but can occur all year round.
		Visiting yachts may seek refuge in an approved typhoon shelter, of which there are 14 in Hong Kong for small craft, some for less than 50 m LOA, others for less than 30 m LOA.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/HongKong?rc=CountryProfile (319 words)

	More tales of Guam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Every time we get a typhoon, a couple of young hotdogs attempt to remove themselves from the gene pool by surfing the monster waves at Talofofo Beach.
		Once it started to rain while we were making our way around the promontory, and as soon as we got to the beach, the students ran for the shelter of the caves in the cliff behind the jungle.
		We had just watched a videotaped documentary about Typhoon Omar, which had hit almost exactly a year before, and we were speculating on when we were going to get our next natural disaster.
	www.heptune.com /Guamtale.html (3693 words)

	Allen Varney: Shaolin Heartbreak
		Names of hurricanes or typhoons used to be given ad hoc, but in 1953 the U.S. Weather Service officially started naming hurricanes with female names, alphabetically by order of occurrence (the first of a season might be Ann, the next Barbara, and so on).
		Typhoon Jason is therefore the tenth such storm this season.
		If things are going against the heroes, have the typhoon winds weaken the Breath attacks, and have the demons go into a frenzy after drawing first blood; they attack one another in their eagerness to drink from the open wound.
	www.allenvarney.com /av_shaolin.html (11441 words)

	Welcome to Wonderful Worlds of Whampoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Spicy Crab Seafood Restaurant is best known in Hong Kong for its typhoon shelter style stir-fried crab and clams.
		Its crab dishes create a stir with a fresh, simple approach the crab can be served in traditional typhoon shelter style, or cooked with curry, or with ginger and scallions in varying degree of spiciness.
		There is also a signature typhoon shelter dish, broiled pig's intestines platter with vegetables, featuring blanched pig's tongue, pork belly, pig's intestines, squid, sea blubber and Chinese chives, which are best served with wine.
	www.whampoaworld.com /choi_e.htm#2 (1032 words)

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		TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED ON AGRIHAN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
		RESIDENTS OF GUAM AND ROTA REMAIN IN SHELTERS UNTIL THE TYPHOON CONDITION RETURNS TO 4.
		SUPER TYPHOON PONGSONA IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH EXPECTED.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/2002/dec/pongsona.txt (1146 words)

	In The Heart Of The Metropolis
		The pictures in the book are of far higher quality than is possible to show on this webpage.
		Typhoon Shelter by Charles Slater - Fishing is the traditional lifestyle in Hong Kong.
		When the weather worsens, these small craft tie up in typhoon shelters where breakwaters protect them from the might of the summer storms which besiege Hong Kong.
	members.tripod.com /~cathaycc/yaumatei.html (672 words)

	KODAK e-Magazine: Inside Hong Kong
		--> The Typhoon Shelter in Aberdeen on the southwestern edge of Hong Kong Island is a great place to catch a glimpse of seafaring life.
		That's when the government imposes a fishing ban and the boats become a veritable floating village moored in the shelter.
		Sampan rides are available from the dock across from the Jumbo Floating Restaurant (a remarkable eatery with a seating capacity of 2,400 people!).
	www.kodak.com /US/en/corp/magazine/photography/2001_08/features/city_sprang/9-jumbo-sprang-s.shtml (78 words)

	Korean War Naval Chronology, May-August1952
		Typhoon Condition I set at Sasebo with highest winds at 40 knots.
		Typhoon condition I was secured one hour later and normal condition resumed.
		Typhoon "Karen" swept through the Korean area on these dates; forcing the suspension of the siege of Wonsan, the diversion of Task Force 77 to safer waters, and resulting in a large number of floating mines that were apparently dislodged from their moorings in unswept areas.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/korea/chron52b.htm (10474 words)

	About fifty fishing craft of Vietnam and China asked for shelter from typhoon in Russia's economic zone - Pravda.Ru
		About fifty fishing vessels of Vietnam and China which are fishing in the neutral waters of the Pacific have asked for a permission to enter the exclusive economic zone of Russia and to find refuge in the bays of the South Kuriles from the nearing tropical typhoon Bavi.
		As RIA Novosti was told at the Sakhalin Sea Rescue-Coordinating Centre (SKC) on Monday, a permission to enter the coastal waters of Russia was given to the captains of all foreign vessels.
		In the meantime, the Bavi typhoon, having passed over the south of Japan, reached the northern island Hokkaido and the south of Sakhalin and of the Kurile Islands.
	english.pravda.ru /region/2002/10/14/38076.html (378 words)

	Pravda.RU About fifty fishing craft of Vietnam and China asked for shelter from typhoon in Russia's economic zone
		This is according to the statement made during his visit to Karelia by Xavier Tudela, President of the European Region of the Year Organisation.
		The ceremony and a service for the dead will be held in the international sector of the Sochi seaport More details...
		As a result of the typhoon Higos which swept over the Far East on Wednesday, 22 populated areas were left without electricity, and the communications system was interrupted in another four.
	newsfromrussia.com /region/2002/10/14/38076.html (2151 words)

	Interesting Places - Kowloon - Yaumatei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Yaumatei, located north of Kowloon’s Canton, an area known for its large typhoon shelter where Hong Kong’s famous boat people anchor their homes.
		Yaumatei typhoon shelter is also famous for its infamous floating brothels - one girl sampans that don’t guarantee privacy.
		Just inland from the teeming waterfront is Shanghai Street, a matrimonial avenue well known for its traditional shops selling old-fashioned gold ornaments and other such items for a Chinese bride’s trousseau.
	www.regit.com /regitour/hongkong/intplace/kowloon/yaumatei.htm (159 words)

	Squadron.com
		Shelter: Three piece floor plate with authentic structure.
		Front gate can be mounted in various positions.
		Super decals for German Luftwaffe, RAF and Italian Air Strike Forces.
	www.squadron.com /ItemDetails.asp?item=rg4376 (76 words)

	Ap Lei Chau - Hong Kong Travel - Travel to China
		Ap Lei Chau serves as an excellent typhoon shelter, and was a fishing village before the First Opium War.
		In 1980, a bridge was constructed to connect the island to the outisde and brought momentum for rapid economic development.
		Public housing estates were built to accommodate for the sufferers in a fire in the Aberdeen, Hong KongAberdeen shelter.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Ap_Lei_Chau (586 words)

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