By I hope everyone made it through the typhoon without too much damage to their property or injury to themselves unlike the lady below:
Three people were killed when Typhoon Kompasu, the seventh typhoon this year, hit South Korea Thursday, Korea Meteorological Administration officials said.National Emergency Management Agency officials said an 80-year-old man in Seosan, South Chungcheong province, died after being hit by an airborne roof tile; a 37-year-old man died in Bundang, near Seoul, when a broken tree branch hit him; and an electrical engineer died of electrocution in Mokpo while repairing a power failure, Yonhap reported.
The typhoon brought torrents and gusts that paralyzed the Seoul metropolitan area’s subway system, caused huge power outages along the west coast, and forced airlines to cancel or divert domestic and international flights, Yonhap reported.
The subway outage, combined with gusts of approximately 98 feet per second, and hundreds of knocked-down trees along streets caused the worst transportation debacle in a decade, Yonhap reported. [UPI]
11:21 pm on September 2nd, 2010 1
Whatever. The place that got hit the worst in Seoul was Yongsan. The storm really tore the poop out of all of the O-6/CSM housing areas. The base was closed on both Thursday and Friday.
11:33 pm on September 2nd, 2010 2
Yongsan was open Thursday and Friday, everyone was off Thursday but it was business as usual on Friday.
11:36 pm on September 2nd, 2010 3
There was little preparation by the Korean authorities before this storm hit. They're very lucky it wasn't a big storm.
1:39 am on September 3rd, 2010 4
Osan facilities had no power Thursday and Friday. Falling trees tore through some power lines. But 2 days?
2:03 am on September 3rd, 2010 5
Search "typhoon girl" on YouTube and watch her fall.
2:14 am on September 3rd, 2010 6
Areas of Casey and all of CP Mobile were without power Thursday. 1HBCT had a curfew fromm 2200-1600 the next day. Everything off post seemed fine. I wrote it off to the average slipshod, half-ass work done by DPW.
3:35 am on September 3rd, 2010 7
So all the US facilities got hit bad? Good.
7:42 am on September 3rd, 2010 8
Actually just power issues. Why is it good? Koreans do the maintenance (just not very well) and pay for that sort of stuff.
9:35 am on September 3rd, 2010 9
"There was little preparation by the Korean authorities before this storm hit. They’re very lucky it wasn’t a big storm."
Exactly. Based on what I saw on the news, most of the damage was caused by falling debris from buildings that probably should have been condemned long ago, construction sites that were left as if they didn't know a storm was coming, and illegal sidewalk signs.
4:09 pm on September 3rd, 2010 10
Yeah – I watched the power go out on-post from my apartment right across the street. Not only did the power no go out here – I didn't even lose the internet. Seoul having most utilities underground these days is a definite plus. It doesn't even take a storm to knock out power on South Post, so I wasn't surprised at all to hear it wouldn't be fully restored there until Sunday…
4:29 pm on September 3rd, 2010 11
The people in the Seoul area think it had a lot of damage from this storm while the reality is that it got off easy. A bigger storm would have caused much more damage. Did anyone else hear about how the entire Seoul subway system was delayed for hours because of the high winds? Just imagine if a Cat 3 or higher storm hits the Seoul area. It could have been a disaster, considering the lack of preparation. Hopefully, in the future, the Korean authorities will take typhoons much more seriously.
4:59 pm on September 3rd, 2010 12
Korean authorities will take typhoons much more seriously.
Doubtful. They can't even figure out why water pipes in apartment buildings freeze every year. A complete mystery but it always makes the national news…
6:29 pm on September 3rd, 2010 13
#7
They were still ready to fight tonight and defend the republic. Mission essential buildings have their own generators.
6:40 pm on September 3rd, 2010 14
Regarding defending the republic. Buidings and power or lack thereof are inconsiquential. The TOC's, APC's, Tanks, aircraft, infantrymen etc generate thier own power.
10:03 am on September 4th, 2010 15
"hey can’t even figure out why water pipes in apartment buildings freeze every year. A complete mystery but it always makes the national news…"
See, this is why I think Americans are obnoxious high and mighty snobs. It's not that Koreans can't figure it out, it's because it's expensive to replace those old pipes – have you thought of that, Mr. superior intelligent American?
10:06 am on September 4th, 2010 16
So if Koreans were so bad dealing with this storm, how did Americans deal with Hurricane Katrina?
Yeah you guys are so much better.
10:22 am on September 4th, 2010 17
Tom said,
B___S___. If it was built right, it would not be a problem.
You don't have to be a high and mighty snob to know that – If the pipes weren't exposed to elements or just cemented into the exterior walls, they would not freeze. Why do Korean builders do this again and again?
I live in an apartment complex that was built less five years ago by one of Korea's chaebols, and it has water pipes cemented into the exterior walls.
10:47 am on September 4th, 2010 18
It's called construction cost cutting vs returned benefits in a country with a short winter, dummy. Occupiers of the buildings are expected to be smart enough not to turn off the boilers for more than one winter day. I guess the construction companies haven't thought about the growing number of dumb western foreigners moving into Korea, expecting things to work exactly like in the States.
11:01 am on September 4th, 2010 19
Smartass Tom said,
So how many times do the pipes need to freeze each year before Korea's builders will realize it's a problem?
What about the supply line to the boiler? What about the water lines for the washing machine? What about the drain for the washing machine?
I don't expect things to work "like in the states". I just expect things to work.
11:37 am on September 4th, 2010 20
You make it sound as if everyone freezes in the winter in Korea. Just because you live in a crap place, doesn't mean everyone else does too.
I mean, you're from a country that don't even have a decent rail road, bridges and roads that are coming apart and breaking up, and internet systems that are still using DSL, let people die in Katrina. And you complain you expect things to work? puhhhaaaa
12:14 pm on September 4th, 2010 21
Give me a break Tom…and keep on collecting that money from your buddies at the build-it-cheap-and-crappy-and-run chaebol that I'm sure you're in cahoots with…
12:56 pm on September 4th, 2010 22
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