1932-06-15 — Page 23

THE WEATHER PROPHET

(Continued from Page 8.)

The Subject of Typhoons. You would probably be dissatis- fed if I ant down without touching upon the subject of typhoons. A

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1932.

occasions. More frequently, ex. tensive damage is done to trees and vegetation generally, while the effect of continuous rain is occa- alonally manifested in landslides and collapses.

How,

when and where do

typhoons originate.

The older books state that vigor-

'aided by the de- force of the earth's jointly respon-

Bre

n centre

or vortex.

typhoon is the local name for a oua convection of the air in tropical tropical cyclone; in the South regions, Indian Ocean and the Bay

of lective Bengal it in termed a cyclone, and rotation in the West Indies, a hurricane sible for a spiral mollen of the The passage of a typhoon is at winds round best a troublesome and uncomfort-This circulation altains a progres- able epinede, but I have frequently sive motion through the agency of mot newcomers anxious for the the upper currents in the earth's experience. Strangely enough, he atmosphere, and owes its energy to (or she) usually expects something the latent hent of its copious prect- of the dramatic hature recorded in pitation. the writings of those novelists this has been doubted particularly Of late years much of who deal with the romantic tates the vortical nature of the central re- of the South Pacific Ocean. Thegion, much that is destructive has summary way disaster strikes these island communities maltes a

been written, and little Umat Is con- structive. It sects

advisable great appeal to the imagination,herefore to turn to the remainder but during the passage of the majority of typhoons, the sequence fof the question, where by reason of of weather changen lacks the actual observation we dramatic character beloved of the surer ground. South Sea novelist.

fre 00

The

Typhoons teyelonra It is most unfortunately trup, canes) originale between 10 and

or burri however, that dramatic and tragic 18 latituds over the oceans to the consequences are not unknown here, cast ward of entinental areas and but usually the sum total of the are mod frequent in the summer of average citizen's experience is dis-the hemisphere concerned. comfort. In spite of the wonderful direction of motion expansion of Kowloon during recent with a varying inclination towards i westward, years, this City of Victoria remains the pole of the hemisphere, but The business centre of the Colony, there are occasions when the track and a large maler of the Colony's is definitely polewards and some. workers are fared with uncomfest where it is subject to recurvature, able or interrupted transport, while fe, a quick change of 90 away from the high and heavy rainfall of the Equator, resulting in a north- a typhoon continue. For those who fastern direction of progress. have not ne aesarily to fare abroad ¦ In the Far East the majority of the house becote omething of as phoon form in the Pacifie prison, all windows and shutters are varying distances sustward of the bolted and barred, but nevertheless Phibppine Islands, they advoce b. permit quantities of water to buterwards the China chast on various, Through previously unsuspected tracks, and in the cases of northerly cracks, leaks appear in codis and courses or reencapture, eventually servants are kept busy with stali reach Japan; other typhoons form and buckets. 1 former times the in the China Sea, and move towards electric light frequently failed, add-indo-China. The islands

of ing another discomfort to the tot Formosa and Hainan are crossed or of the prisoner,

affected by many typhoons during the centre of each suntmer.

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one at the back of my mind. I during a passage to the North of realised that when typhoons are at the Director of Public Works if In this connexion, it should be would like to ask the honourable, the Colony the wind tucks North thrigh West to South, Colony the announcement of their of rain to meet a normal con

from a considerable distance from the he requires an abnormal supply

in the latter, the rainfall although reived at considerable intervals, w. E. L. Shenton thanked Mr. the former case rainfall is plentiful, positions dependa upon reports resumption of water," (Laughter), plentiful, is sometimes

In a willy speech, the Hon. Mr. ex-seldom more than four times taily. perienced until the typhoon gone ashore. In both

There is no possibility of giving in Jeffries for his most interesting the termediate positions, except by es- her, the nearer the centre changes in wind direefion are ictimation from the assumed direction:

Singapore Greetings. typhon passes to the L'olony, and in typhoon is affecting the barometerstion of the chairman.

of the and velocity. When, however, the Mr. Braddell spoke at the invita the rare cases when the typhon and anemometers at the Royal Ob-he was very happy to bring the passes directly over the Colony- servatory and the outlying light greetings of the Singapore Rotary no pradant change of wind diree-houses of the Colony, its progressi Club to Hongkong. In the past shruptly na the central calm tion is discerned, the wind renaing can be much more definitely noted, the Singapore club had not had

ap-All information is passed to

the pleasure of welcoming many proches, recommencing suddenly | public without delay, and telephoni see more in the future.

from Hongkong, but he hoped to From the opposite direction as the requests to the Director central exlm passes. Disaster Recalled,

By applying the objects of fatest information can only result Rotary, he said, much good work Occasionally die disaster accom

The damage done by the storm in unnecessary repetition, and the could be done. panies discomfort. Those residents.

depends on the velocity of the wind engagement of the lines for mich had been able to necomplish much combined with the heavy rain. The purposes results in the frequent de- that had never been done before. In Singapore they who still remember the tragedy of } Honkong is

combination invariably finds September 1906 will need no remin; bright and hot weather.

theny of messages of general interest. der of the toll

weak points of buildings, causing. of shipping and typhoon approaches; the vlear sky

Rotary 15:21M Without unduly stressing these encouraging, in Germany, Italy. something worth human life that is exacted on such becomes clouded, and a first roughly fatal to trees, the rots of which those institutions etc, which have movement. The button of Rotary breakage and leaks, and is especial-remarks, I should like to appeal to France and Holland it was a blg do nut penetrate deeply into the definite rules of procedure when the ensured for the wearer not only a earth. Falling trees and flying dedifferert sigands are hoisted. The fine social position but a gound KAISAB-I-HIND

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Mr. Braddell stressed the value Surface Small craft hurry to shel staff and myself.

Some fer at the earliest sign of danget,

Ipeople, he said, ask what gond did Storm Warnings are the cause of the addresses do. They belonged | TALMA their ecupants being well aware much inconvenience and loss of to the that destruction is the probable lot valuable time in

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