Typhoon Haiyan Would Cover Nearly All Of United States (PHOTO)

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

CAITLIN MACNEAL – NOVEMBER 11, 2013, 3:27 PM EST

The American Red Cross on Monday released this image of Typhoon Haiyan overlaid on a map of the United States showing how the massive storm would cover nearly the entire country.

Officials have estimated that the typhoon has killed up to 10,000 people in the Philippines this weekend.

Image via American Red Cross:

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[liberal N proud]

1. All of the lower 48 would be effected.

[truebrit71]

2. Wow.

Just. Wow.

[phantom power]

3. An EF-3 tornado the size of, say, Delaware.

[arcane1]

4. Yikes!

[allan01]

5. re:Typhoon Haiyan Would Cover Nearly All Of United States (PHOTO)

[Ash_F]

6. I didn't think that was possible

How often do storms that big occur?

[Ash_F]

7. This site says that picture is out of proportion

It does a little more in depth analysis. Still pretty big.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115554/haiyan-isnt-large-united-states

[DonViejo]

9. Two liberal sites (TNR and TPM) saying two different things...

what a surprise. NOT

[kentauros]

11. Someone probably didn't pay attention to scales.

Here's a drawing representation of Super Typhoon Tip from 1979 that's more like what that false image wants Haiyan to be:




Weather Underground has a list of the twelve largest Atlantic cyclones here. The largest ones for the Pacific are Tip and this year's Wipha.

[tclambert]

8. Hoax.

[DonViejo]

10. And you base your declaration on what?...

On a TNR report that's being challenged?

James Schumaker

I'm not so sure. This is like the "which line is longer?" puzzle, when one line is bounded by arrows pointing in and the other by arrows pointing out. Unless you superimpose the NR pic of the hurricane directly over the Red Cross pic, and in the same false color image, it's very difficult to tell. Otherwise, it's just a case of whose optical illusion you want to believe.

[tclambert]

14. Here's a more accurate image

[BlueEye]

12. The cartographic inaccuracy should not conceal the seriousness of this Typhoon.

The argument over the size of the storm relative to the continental United States reminds me of the West Wing episode about the Gall-Peters Projection map of the globe and how it affects our perception of power:

The bottom line: This thing was not 3,000 miles across... But it was still absolutely massive. Record breaking, in fact.

[blkmusclmachine]

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[AngryAmish]

15. last I checked Alaska is part of the United States...