{"id":16552,"date":"2026-03-16T06:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=16552"},"modified":"2026-03-16T06:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:51:42","slug":"this-is-going-to-be-catastrophic-forecasters-say-super-typhoon-mawar-could-be-worse-than-pongsona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/this-is-going-to-be-catastrophic-forecasters-say-super-typhoon-mawar-could-be-worse-than-pongsona\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS GOING TO BE CATASTROPHIC: Forecasters Say Super Typhoon Mawar Could Be Worse Than Pongsona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/super-typhoon-mawar-bears-down-on-guam-05-23-2023-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2120\" height=\"1580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/super-typhoon-mawar-bears-down-on-guam-05-23-2023-optimized.png 2120w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/super-typhoon-mawar-bears-down-on-guam-05-23-2023-optimized-696x519.png 696w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/super-typhoon-mawar-bears-down-on-guam-05-23-2023-optimized-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/super-typhoon-mawar-bears-down-on-guam-05-23-2023-optimized-1536x1145.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/super-typhoon-mawar-bears-down-on-guam-05-23-2023-optimized-2048x1526.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2120px) 100vw, 2120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Science #Technology #Weather #Meteorology #Tech #Scientific #Scientist<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: Super Typhoon Pongsona struck us in 2002. It was the worst typhoon I have ever been through. I was without power for 32 days afterwards, and it took five months to replace the glass in my two bedroom windows due to a severe glass shortage following the storm.<\/p>\n<p>From the Pacific Daily News article:<\/p>\n<p>If it stays on course, they said, it will be worse than Pongsona in 2002.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Forecasters Say Super Typhoon Mawar Could Be Worse Than Pongsona\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/news\/this-is-going-to-be-catastrophic-forecasters-say-super-typhoon-mawar-could-be-worse-than\/article_d8bac46c-f952-11ed-9fb1-6b09ffb841fb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/news\/this-is-going-to-be-catastrophic-forecasters-say-super-typhoon-mawar-could-be-worse-than\/article_d8bac46c-f952-11ed-9fb1-6b09ffb841fb.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Science #Technology #Weather #Meteorology #Tech #Scientific #Scientist NOTE: Super Typhoon Pongsona struck us in 2002. It was the worst typhoon I have ever been through. 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