Typhoon Choi-wan

Being described as, "the strongest storm in the world so far in 2009 with a pressure of 915 hPa (mbar)," this is a whole new type of storm chasing. Although predicted to possibly make landfall far north of here in about a week, Choi-wan is intensifying rapidly, from a tropical depression just four days ago, growing into "the first Category 5-equivalent storm of 2009." With winds of 185 km/hr sustained winds so far, it will make the category 1 typhoon Koppu two nights ago seem like a simple little rainstorm. (125 km/h winds that knocked over trees and damaged some buildings slightly)

Today, however, seems quite nice. Think i'll suntan on my walk to the island.