DOLPHINS SAVE A FISHERMAN
December 18th 2008 00:33
Two nice things happened in the Philippines the last few days. Both incidents has to do with nature, both were well publicized though, maybe, only a few saw the connection.
The first incident involved a typhoon that developed in the eastern side of the country named “Ulysses” by the local weather bureau (PAGASA). It gathered strength from 50kph to 120kph near the center as it moves west, closer to the provinces located near the center of the Philippines (Quezon and Bicol Provinces) with the potential of becoming a super-typhoon.
But somehow it slowed down from a speed of 15kph to 7kph and as its strength rose to 160kph near the center it veered north-northwest and proceeded towards the direction of Japan and eventually dissipated – saving lives and probably millions or billions of damages.
Pagasa (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) explained that the seemingly sudden change of direction of Typhoon Ulysses has to do with the “Tail end of a cold front” affecting the country. That “Tail end of a cold front” has already caused rains, landslides and death in some part of this archipelago before Ulysses but it prevented Ulysses from wrecking even bigger havoc.
A layman’s explanation to this happenstance is that a “low pressure area” which is somewhat similar to a cold front brings down rain while a “high pressure area” which means hot air going up cause evaporation which feeds on gathering storms -a reason why a storm that crosses a sea or an ocean grows even stronger.
What I don’t have a layman’s explanation for is about that story wherein a fisherman whose boat capsized somewhere in Palawan, who feared of being attacked by a shark because of his bleeding, was saved by a pod of dolphins. Read that story here: Really Long Link
By the way, if you are still wondering about the connection between the two stories, Ulysses’ international codename is DOLPHIN.
Weird, but it’s probably just a coincidence.
Pic source: Wikipedia
The first incident involved a typhoon that developed in the eastern side of the country named “Ulysses” by the local weather bureau (PAGASA). It gathered strength from 50kph to 120kph near the center as it moves west, closer to the provinces located near the center of the Philippines (Quezon and Bicol Provinces) with the potential of becoming a super-typhoon.
But somehow it slowed down from a speed of 15kph to 7kph and as its strength rose to 160kph near the center it veered north-northwest and proceeded towards the direction of Japan and eventually dissipated – saving lives and probably millions or billions of damages.
Pagasa (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) explained that the seemingly sudden change of direction of Typhoon Ulysses has to do with the “Tail end of a cold front” affecting the country. That “Tail end of a cold front” has already caused rains, landslides and death in some part of this archipelago before Ulysses but it prevented Ulysses from wrecking even bigger havoc.
A layman’s explanation to this happenstance is that a “low pressure area” which is somewhat similar to a cold front brings down rain while a “high pressure area” which means hot air going up cause evaporation which feeds on gathering storms -a reason why a storm that crosses a sea or an ocean grows even stronger.
What I don’t have a layman’s explanation for is about that story wherein a fisherman whose boat capsized somewhere in Palawan, who feared of being attacked by a shark because of his bleeding, was saved by a pod of dolphins. Read that story here: Really Long Link
By the way, if you are still wondering about the connection between the two stories, Ulysses’ international codename is DOLPHIN.
Weird, but it’s probably just a coincidence.
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Comment by Fobzy
Fobz
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Well, they say ther's one born every minute, and I guess you were one of those and I most decidedly was the other.
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Pays well, at least the basic wage. Oh, yes, I forgot, I'm married now, you know.
Comment by Market Newbie
Gizmo Peek
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