Pacific typhoons are typically not as powerful as atlantic hurricanes. So building standards are probably nowhere near what atlantic Florida and gulf coast standards are. Pacific waters are much deeper and colder than the atlantic. My dad did 2 years during Vietnam on navy boats. One year in atlantic and one in pacific. Ticonderoga and the Galveston. He told many stories about the crazy atlantic weather but the pacific was smooth sailing.
Pacific typhoons are typically not as powerful as atlantic hurricanes. So building standards are probably nowhere near what atlantic Florida and gulf coast standards are. Pacific waters are much deeper and colder than the atlantic. My dad did 2 years during Vietnam on navy boats. One year in atlantic and one in pacific. Ticonderoga and the Galveston. He told many stories about the crazy atlantic weather but the pacific was smooth sailing.