Days of Thunder & Lightning

Days of Thunder & Lightning
Dec 6, 2005 20:47
PHOENIX Points: Join Date: Dec 6, 2005 Status: offline	China is not a tropical country and chinese will never experience torrential rain, thunder and lightning. Tropical thunderstorms are not destructive unlike hurricanes and typhoons. It is a unique experience though. hainan & Guangxi is sub-tropical. They may have some kind of tropical storms though. I don't know. Due to global warming, the coastal towns of China especially Fujian have unfortunately experienced the mighty typhoons recently. Much property and lives have been lost. Typhoons come and go, and the people become better prepared each year. Hopefully the next typhoon will not bring so much losses. pain and misery.

Dec 6, 2005 20:47

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China is not a tropical country and chinese will never experience torrential rain, thunder and lightning. Tropical thunderstorms are not destructive unlike hurricanes and typhoons. It is a unique experience though.

hainan & Guangxi is sub-tropical. They may have some kind of tropical storms though. I don't know.

Due to global warming, the coastal towns of China especially Fujian have unfortunately experienced the mighty typhoons recently.

Much property and lives have been lost. Typhoons come and go, and the people become better prepared each year.

Hopefully the next typhoon will not bring so much losses. pain and misery.

Dec 6, 2005 20:57	#1
CALIFORNIA Points: Join Date: Jul 22, 2005 Status: Offline	I have never suffered typhoons!Because I lived in the north!and I just saw it from TV! What's the different between typhoon and hurricanes?I think typhoons comes from the ocean,and hurricanes maybe not!

Dec 6, 2005 21:25	#2
PEA28COCK Points: Join Date: Aug 19, 2005 Status: Offline	I guess hurricane may be much stronger than typhoon. :)

Dec 6, 2005 21:29

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They are basically the same. It is known by different name in different countries.

From website :

The terms "hurricane" and "typhoon" are regionally specific names for a strong "tropical cyclone". A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a non-frontal synoptic scale low-pressure system over tropical or sub-tropical waters with organized convection (i.e. thunderstorm activity) and definite cyclonic surface wind circulation (Holland 1993).

Tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of less than 17 m/s (34 kt, 39 mph) are called "tropical depressions" (This is not to be confused with the condition mid-latitude people get during a long, cold and grey winter wishing they could be closer to the equator ;-)). Once the tropical cyclone reaches winds of at least 17 m/s (34 kt, 39 mph) they are typically called a "tropical storm" and assigned a name. If winds reach 33 m/s (64 kt, 74 mph)), then they are called:

"hurricane" (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E)
"typhoon" (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline)
"severe tropical cyclone" (the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E or Southeast Indian Ocean east of 90E)
"severe cyclonic storm" (the North Indian Ocean)
"tropical cyclone" (the Southwest Indian Ocean)

Dec 7, 2005 01:25	#4
CALIFORNIA Points: Join Date: Jul 22, 2005 Status: Offline	Thanks a lot,Phoenix!!! And now,I know the nuance between them:-)

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