This post is about Tropical Storm Wanda. It contains my personal observations and thoughts about the storm and the impact it had on the Southern California coastline and its economy.
A couple weeks ago, Tropical Storm Wanda made landfall on the mainland in the city of Oxnard near Santa Barbara. On Wednesday, this storm made a quick trip north through Mexico and came within a few hours to reach San Diego. By Friday, August 28th, the storm’s core was moving through the southern suburbs of San Diego passing close to Lake HodThis post is about Tropical Storm Wanda. I wrote it for the WandaCulture website.
Tropical Storm Wanda
We are all familiar with the classic image with the long lines of people with umbrellas sitting near their homes, waiting for a storm to pass by.
I am not a part of those waiting lines because my name is not Robert. My name is William.
The last time I sat in a line I waited for an hour before being let in to the house of a friendThis post is about Tropical Storm Wanda.
Wanda, now Tropical Storm Wanda, was, like Irene, a super typhoon that blew through Southeast Asia before passing through the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan. The storm was the most powerful typhoon recorded in the Pacific basin.
Wanda blew through the Philippines at a speed of up to 175mph, leaving 1 million people without power. On the island of Mindanao, the storm caused over 20 deaths. Wanda then flew northeastward over southern Japan,