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Typhoon 18W (Jelawat), # 22 A: The eye of the storm

By Dave Ornauer
Published: September 28, 2012

10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, Japan time: Very shortly, the area where you stand on Okinawa could experience an unexpected calm period as the eye of Typhoon Jelawat passes over the island. No rain, no wind, unexpected sunshine and clear skies, although the ears may feel the same effect as if you were sent airborne 39,000 feet aboard an airliner. Resist all temptation to venture outside. You may feel as safe as in your mother’s arms, but at any instant, the rain and fierce winds could whip up again, worse than before and in the opposite direction. Be smart. Be safe.

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Dave Ornauer has been with Stars and Stripes since March 5, 1981. One of his first assignments as a beat reporter in the old Japan News Bureau was “typhoon chaser,” a task which he resumed virtually full time since 2004, the year after his job, as a sports writer-photographer, moved to Okinawa and Ornauer with it.

As a typhoon reporter, Ornauer pores over Web sites managed by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as well as U.S. government, military and local weather outlets for timely, topical information. Pacific Storm Tracker is designed to take the technical lingo published on those sites and simplify it for the average Stripes reader.