Nation braces for Typhoon Conson

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AFP AND DPA , TAIPEI
Wednesday, Jun 09, 2004,Page 1

Authorities are preparing for torrential rain and strong winds as Typhoon Conson gains momentum, officials said yesterday.

The typhoon was last night upgraded to a medium-strength typhoon by the Central Weather Bureau.

At 10pm last night, the storm's center was 220km south-southwest of Oluanpi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan, the bureau said. The typhoon is predicted to make landfall at 8pm tonight.

Packing gusts of up to 155kph, Conson was moving north-northeast at 11kph.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/06/09/2003174334

Typhoon, Hurricane, Cyclone. Why 3 names for the same thing? Michael Moore needs to make movie about this.

I've been through about 25 plus in Asia. We always had a blasts in them. I don't mean to make fun of the people who were injured or died in typhoons. For me it's just like swimming in a river, some people had trouble but it can't stop me from reporting the fun we all had in them. I'm going to see if I can find some old typhoon pics and I'll put them on http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/typhoon.htm