Average Fool...
You do know that a Typhoon is a Hurricane, right?
Doesn’t the entire news media in the USA wet their pants whenever one emerges in the Atlantic? Don’t they still talk about Katrina...you know, the storm that occured 12 years ago?
Well, typhoons (hurricanes...for those that don’t know...like Average Fool) are a common Summer threat in south east Asia....with more than a dozen or so every summer. A hurricane’s “average” cloud tops might be around 30,000 feet, but what does that have to do with it’s 150mph surface winds, torrential rain bands, and associated storm surges that occur at or near the airport during a landing or take off?
Oh...and no amount of turbulence “ride reports” from pilots like Average Fool will help you when faced with the common task of landing near one, every summer, in Southeast Asia.