On May 18, 3:10 pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:

5.6 M. 18th May 12:17 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.7 M. 17th may 17:08 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

I think that Halong -or some as yet to be storm, will make a Cat 2 out
of that. A high Cat 1 at least. Maybe it will be more tornadoes in the
USA instead but it will be a storm.

The further north these things turn out to be, the less power they
hold of course but then that could well be because there are so many
more of them up here than near the tropics.

They bake 'em we take 'em as it were.

I think I am on a sure thing here. We have got the sun back to go with
it, anyway.