A reminder of the incredible force of weather

A bit far away, but pretty major news in the weather world... Super Typhoon Bopha made landfall in the rather unprepared Philippine island of Mindanao recently (445am local time Tuesday) as a terrifying Category 5 storm with winds of 160+mph (260kmh sustained)...

It isn't very often a Cat 5 storm makes landfall anywhere in the world (usually 1 ever few years)... If you're interested in reading some weather-heavy related articles on the storm, Dr. Master's Always has some good info:


Lead-up (Dec 3):

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2303


First landfall post (Dec 4):

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2304


Day after (Dec 5):

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2305


Here's a look from space a the storm: NASA photo from Dec 2:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2402.html


Wikipedia also has a good lead up of events for the storms history...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Bopha_(2012)

Making landfall 

If you're in need of a pick-up after that news, here's some always loveable Owl photos form the weather network:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/details/20461/8924198/Ontario/upload/0?ref=ugc_yourweather_search

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/details/20461/8885826/Ontario/upload/0?ref=ugc_yourweather_search

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/details/20461/8703394/Ontario/upload/0?ref=ugc_yourweather_search