Please go away and leave us alone. Go bug Australia or something. We've already got enough problems up here, what with the earthquakes, killer tsunamis, two erupting volcanos and all. Do us all a favour and leave.
Sincerely, everyone in Indonesia.
P.S.: Australia. They need the water anyway, even if they say they don't. Also I'm sure they were behind that giant venomous centipede I saw somehow, so go get 'em for that.
We'll take a cyclone off your hands 
. Sweltering 36+ deg. C. temps and bush fires are no fun.
People wonder why I like New Hampshire.
"Oh but all the snow!" You can shovel snow, try shoveling a hurricane.
I understand what the original poster is saying. I just need to point out that Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons can not cross the equator. they rotate in opposite directions.
EricM wrote: I understand what the original poster is saying. I just need to point out that Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons can not cross the equator. they rotate in opposite directions.
Really? Is this true and I'm just stupid and didn't know it, or are you screwing with me?
Sounds like fun. Why are you in Indonesia?
Twin_Cam wrote:EricM wrote: I understand what the original poster is saying. I just need to point out that Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons can not cross the equator. they rotate in opposite directions.Really? Is this true and I'm just stupid and didn't know it, or are you screwing with me? Sounds like fun. Why are you in Indonesia?
Yes it is true. I spent 4 years at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (7 years U.S. Navy as an Aerographers mate (AG2(AW) to be specific)
Yep, definitely true. I'm actually too close to the equator for it to even come up here (1.3° S or so) but it's dragging some massive tailing winds down the coast of Sumatera that are playing havoc with the weather. It's been about five days straight of constant wind and sideways downpours several times a day.
It's menacing Jakarta (6.5ish° S) and central Java though. The national weather agency is expecting it to go away but it's changed direction a bunch of times already.
Here's what it looks like now: http://www.windfinder.com/forecasts/wind_indonesia_akt.htm Already dissapated a lot, it was way worse a couple days ago.
I'm on a puny little island off the coast of the small island you can see just SW of Padang on that map. Twin_Cam, I'm over here building a tsunami warning system. Considering the tsunami a few days ago that killed hundreds of people a couple islands south of here, I guess I know I'm doing it in the right place...
Edit: WTF? That Windfinder site has gone back in time? Anyway here's a screenshot I took two days ago when the storm was maybe at its worst in this area. Nice eh?
In reply to EricM:
Thank you, I have learned something today.
mistanfo wrote: In reply to EricM: Thank you, I have learned something today.
X2 Never knew there were warning systems
DaveEstey wrote: People wonder why I like New Hampshire. "Oh but all the snow!" You can shovel snow, try shoveling a hurricane.
we get both where I live. and it's the irritating snow too, the kind that's more of a slushy that freezes up into solid ice overnight and makes it pure hell to drive anywhere the next day unless you can find a road that's been cleared. or have something with any ground clearance and a teensy bit of traction. we haven't been hit with any hurricanes recently, but we did get a little bit of Katrina I believe and Isabel knocked out power for 3 weeks
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