Did the storm awaken the RNC?

Question

During the historic acceptance speech just last week from Obama and the sting from the Democratic National Convention still lingers by the comments: the republicans set on their hands while cities perished from Katrina

Answer 1

this is weird because it has you name. obama was born in the Hawaiian Islands.? and this?

Alaska's Seward Peninsula. Hurricane-force winds were reported on the 25th

Hurricane/Typhoon Sarah was no problem for Hawaii but is well remembered at Wake Island. SARAH was already an organized tropical storm packing winds of 40 knots near its center when first observed by ESSA II on the 8th near 11.2N 149.2W.

Moving northwest at a forward speed of 15 knots the storm intensified. By the 10th SARAH was a full-fledged hurricane generating 65-knot winds. As SARAH moved along some 300 miles southwest of the Hawaiian Islands, she dropped back to tropical storm intensity. On the 11th she turned westward after reaching 18.4N 164.4W. Tropical storm SARAH crossed the International Date Line at 18N between 140000Z and 140600Z while slowly intensifying and headed for Wake Island where Typhoon OPAL had passed about 60 nautical miles to the south on August 31 and September 1.

On the 15th SARAH became a raging typhoon in the western North Pacific. By the 16th maximum sustained surface winds measured 120 knots. Now, at peak intensity, typhoon SARAH engulfed Wake Island. The eye was over Wake at 161040Z with a central pressure of 933 mb (27.55"). Seas were whipped over the island by winds estimated at 130 knots (highest winds observed were 85 knots with gusts to 116 knots before equipment was damaged). Torrential rains battered the tiny outpost; buildings were ripped apart and the control tower was badly damaged and abandoned. Dependents of operational personnel of the island were evacuated the next day.

This was the third tropical cyclone since the beginning of observations in 1935 to bring typhoon-force winds to Wake Island. An unnamed typhoon on October 19 in 1940 (Tomita, 1968) brought 120-knot winds and OLIVE in 1952 had lashed the island with 150-knot winds. OLIVE's attack on the island occurred on the 16th of September--exactly 15 years prior to that of SARAH.

SARAH continued westward for the next two days. At 1200 GMT on the 18th she was centered near 20N 158E generating 100-knot winds. The typhoon then swung northwestward and early on the 20th the SANTA CLARA VICTORY encountered 70-knot winds just 60 miles northeast of the storm's center. A few hours later the ALICE BROWN also reported 70-knot winds some 50 miles east of the center. On the 20th SARAH recurved to the northeast after crossing the 30th parallel near 150E.

Moving into the northern latitudes the typhoon began to acquire extratropical characteristics. She still packed a powerful punch, however, as attested by the CITADEL which met 64 knot winds about 80 miles east of the center during the afternoon of the 21st. Later on that day SARAH became extratropical near 39N 154E.

Even then SARAH did not want to give up. The S. ROSA MARU reported typhoon force winds at 40N 156E at 1200 GMT on the 22nd. The storm moved east for 2 days before being absorbed into another circulation late on the 24th near 44N 162W. The new system moved northeast toward Alaska's Seward Peninsula. Hurricane-force winds were reported on the 25th by the TORYO MARU, the KOHOH MARU, and the USC&GSS PATHFINDER. The storm weakened on the 26th as it made landfall about 100 nautical miles south-southwest of Anchorage.

JTWC calculations showed the SARAH track across the Western North Pacific to be 4499 miles while FWC Pearl Harbor measurements recorded 1925 miles in the Central North Pacific--a total of 6124 miles.

At least three other items of interest to forecasters regarding SARAH are worthy of further consideration. They are:

The 1967 Annual Typhoon Report published by FWC/JTWC at Guam stated as initial impetus (of SARAH): "Development of divergence at 270-0 mb level over surface cyclonic circulation". That statement is of interest since very likely present day analysis techniques with more available data could show that the initial impetus was due to the surface development being induced by upper divergence (Sadler 1976).

Sadler's hypothesis that in an active tropical cyclone season more storms seem to develop further west in the Central and Eastern North Pacific.

Westerly low level winds associated with northward displacement of the monsoon trough prevailed at Guam during the summer and extended east-northeastward to Midway Island.