COAST GUARD HANGAR at NAS: (left) This is what was left of it after Karen's notorious passage. TYPHOON KAREN. like the man who came to dinner. Blew in uninvited to wreck havoc with this Agana lunch counter. (ComNavMar Photos)
ENLISTED MEN'S HOUSING (left) at NAS after typhoon Karen inundated the area with wind and water. Un-
fortunately pontoons are not as yet optional equipment even on Volkswagens.
THIS 1958 VINTAGE HARDTOP CONVERTIBLE (right) was picked up by Typhoon Karen and deposited in the back-yard
of its owner after being carried OVER the house. This gives some indication of the force and velocity of the
wind
(ComNavMar Photo)
THE DAMAGE TO LOCAL GUAMAINIAN HOUSES is graphically shown by the total ruin of these two dwellings. Scenes such as these are tragically typical of what happened to a large precentage of the houses on the island. It is estimated that 90 percent of all the civilian housing on the island was damaged to various extents. (ComNavMar Photo)