What is Typhoon Kompasu (2010)?
[[File:Kompasu 2010 track.png|thumb|250px|Kompasu 2010 track]] [[File:Typhoon Kompasu 2010 Okinawa cleanup.JPG|thumb|250px|right|People cleaning up debris from Typhoon Kompasu]] '''Typhoon Kompasu''' was noticed on August&nbsp;28, the [[United States Air Force]] base in [[Okinawa]], [[Japan]], began preparing for what was then Tropical Storm 08W. [[Tropical cyclone warnings and watches|Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness]] (TCCOR) level three was issued the following morning.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dave Ornauer|publisher=Stars and Stripes|date=August 28, 2010|accessdate=September 3, 2010|title=Tropical Storm 08W, # 1|url=http://www.stripes.com/blogs/pacific-storm-tracker/pacific-storm-tracker-1.106563/tropical-storm-08w-1-1.116252|archive-date=August 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830205229/http://www.stripes.com/blogs/pacific-storm-tracker/pacific-storm-tracker-1.106563/tropical-storm-08w-1-1.116252|url-status=dead}}</ref> By August&nbsp;30, forecasts showed that a strengthening storm would strike the area, possibly bringing winds in excess of {{convert|130|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. Following this, the TCCOR level was increased to two.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dave Ornauer|publisher=Stars and Stripes|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=September 3, 2010|title=Tropical Storm 08W, #3|url=http://www.stripes.com/blogs/pacific-storm-tracker/pacific-storm-tracker-1.106563/tropical-storm-08w-3-1.116284|archive-date=September 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901083620/http://www.stripes.com/blogs/pacific-storm-tracker/pacific-storm-tracker-1.106563/tropical-storm-08w-3-1.116284|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Dave Ornauer|publisher=Stars and Stripes|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=September 3, 2010|title=Tropical Storm 08W (Kompasu), # 5|url=http://www.stripes.com/blogs/pacific-storm-tracker/pacific-storm-tracker-1.106563/tropical-storm-08w-kompasu-5-1.116323|archive-date=September 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902163228/http://www.stripes.com/blogs/p